You Know The Economy Has Affected You When...

You spend an hour in Big Lots and can't even bring yourself to buy a plastic egg, let alone the outdoor furniture you'd like to have.

When you finally show up at the salon for a dye job, your roots are down to your ears.

Your spring clothes shopping takes place in the close-out aisle at Old Navy, where last year's tee shirts are marked down to $3.49.

You wear your contact lenses less often, so they'll last twice as long.

And the most poignant sign:
You opt to stay home and watch t.v. rather than go to a poker game because you don't want to risk losing the money that you're saving up for Vegas.

Hard times.