Thrifty Spenders Mugs

'Austerity means making my Happy Hour drink last all night.'

"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?'

Take pity on me. I can't give much this year. What is this heresy, son? I didn't get a raise this year, got furloughed this summer, am behind on my cable bill, can't afford proper dates. But it's the holidays. Think of the needy. Pierre in flat-panels has a new baby. Sandy, the mobile device manager, toils so hard for your business. And don't forget Apple. It's got to make its quarter. Computer Villa. Customer service. I shouldn't just think of myself. That's better. I'd like to upgrade all my d

Everything for a buck.

The Bargain Brand

"No one can afford to eat us anymore."

How much would you take off for cash?

Budget cuts were beginning to bite at the local council

"For someone your age, the yearly premium on a $5,000 policy is $8,000."

"How much if I pedal?"

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

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

Low income vampires.

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

Yard Sale: Like-New Kitchen Gadgets

Affordable housing

"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.'

"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.'

Rx. Warning: May cause sudden loss of income.

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

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

Toys. Dolls. $28.95. Sir, you sell these baby dolls for $28.95?! Who knew having a kid could be so expensive!

'Morag darlin', they've made you look like a hundred dollars!'

The 29p Shop

City Taxi Co. Now offering no-frills service.

'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."

Half-price tighty-white day at the MoMA.