I scan local yard sales,

Look to E-bay for advice.

You found on Yahoo

a Cancun trip half-price.

The expenditures in Quicken

are all justified.

We're paying all our debts,

steadily, with pride. 

I think we'll get by this month

If we don't eat out at all,

If only on the weekends

Do we place

lengthy calls.

Thanks to cell phones

and cyberspace,

plastic and PC,

we can keep perfect track

of where our money ought to be.

I see we're running low, now,

but there's no need to fret.

My careful strategy will

get us through yet.  

Don't worry, honey,

I know you work so hard.

I won't spend any money,

I'll use the credit card!