Thrifty Shoppers Mugs

Pound shop - 99p Land - 98p World.

Army Navy Surplus Store. They're using everything at the moment. (Published originally on June 1, 2005.)

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

'I've never opened her up on the highway, but I get great mileage in the city!'

'What can you get with a quarter?'

'Phone for help? Are you mad? Have you any idea how much it costs to use a mobile abroad?'

The Bargain Brand

Everything for a buck.

"I think I found the perfect time of year to sell my old clothes!"

How much would you take off for cash?

House sale.

Budget cuts were beginning to bite at the local council

"How much if I pedal?"

"It's about time the price of generic drugs went down! Oh, and give me fifty quick picks."

Just Smoke and Mirrors - Gifts For the Easily Distracted.

"It's cheaper to buy soap in chunks instead of bars. Just chip off what you need."

Rx. Warning: May cause sudden loss of income.

Garage sale.

"Tia Carmen! We're at Plaza Mall...not Flaco's Flea Market!"

'If the 750ml and th 375ml of the '82 Beaumont are too pricey, how about their Merlot-scented auto air freshener? -- Only 99 cents.'

Buying roses - 'You got any with no stem?'

"I don't need one, Gracie. My shopping list is very simple! Things I have a coupon for and things that are on sale!"

'Our financial adviser urges us to take a hiking vacation this summer.'

Yard Sale: Like-New Kitchen Gadgets

"To compensate for the immediate depreciation of your new car, you get a year's supply of new car smell aerosol spray."

A Room (with adequate light and ventilation, no psychotic neighbors, near a grocery store, in a halfway-decent building in an O.K. neighborhood [not Queens, please God] for under $2000 a month) of One's Own

'I got mine at a garage sale for only 99 cents.'

'This could be a swell time to buy our selves out!'

"Our goal is to make prices so low that even our employees could shop here."

Wallpapering.

City Taxi Co. Now offering no-frills service.

'Teri and I rescued these cabinets from a landfill.'

The 29p Shop