diff --git a/app/models/deliverable.rb b/app/models/deliverable.rb
index 5f0c89e..1001a3f 100644
--- a/app/models/deliverable.rb
+++ b/app/models/deliverable.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class Deliverable < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :manager
   
   # Accessors
+  include DollarizedAttribute
+  dollarized_attribute :total
 
   delegate :name, :to => :contract, :prefix => true, :allow_nil => true
 
@@ -53,14 +55,6 @@ class Deliverable < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.class.to_s.underscore
   end
 
-  def total=(v)
-    if v.is_a? String
-      write_attribute(:total, v.gsub(/[$ ,]/, ''))
-    else
-      write_attribute(:total, v)
-    end
-  end
-
   def labor_budget_total(date=nil)
     labor_budgets.sum(:budget)
   end
diff --git a/app/models/fixed_budget.rb b/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
index 272bcde..1a132a0 100644
--- a/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/fixed_budget.rb
@@ -7,13 +7,8 @@ class FixedBudget < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Validations
 
   # Accessors
-  def budget=(v)
-    if v.is_a? String
-      write_attribute(:budget, v.gsub(/[$ ,]/, ''))
-    else
-      write_attribute(:budget, v)
-    end
-  end
+  include DollarizedAttribute
+  dollarized_attribute :budget
 
   named_scope :by_period, lambda {|date|
     if date
diff --git a/app/models/labor_budget.rb b/app/models/labor_budget.rb
index d229686..831fc91 100644
--- a/app/models/labor_budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/labor_budget.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ class LaborBudget < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Validations
 
   # Accessors
-
-  def budget=(v)
-    if v.is_a? String
-      write_attribute(:budget, v.gsub(/[$ ,]/, ''))
-    else
-      write_attribute(:budget, v)
-    end
-  end
+  include DollarizedAttribute
+  dollarized_attribute :budget
 end
diff --git a/app/models/overhead_budget.rb b/app/models/overhead_budget.rb
index 62b8a69..ebc13b4 100644
--- a/app/models/overhead_budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/overhead_budget.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ class OverheadBudget < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Validations
 
   # Accessors
-
-  def budget=(v)
-    if v.is_a? String
-      write_attribute(:budget, v.gsub(/[$ ,]/, ''))
-    else
-      write_attribute(:budget, v)
-    end
-  end
+  include DollarizedAttribute
+  dollarized_attribute :budget
 end
diff --git a/lib/dollarized_attribute.rb b/lib/dollarized_attribute.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d59effb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dollarized_attribute.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Shared module to allow seting an attribute using:
+# * Dollar amount - $1,000.00
+# * Number - 100.00
+module DollarizedAttribute
+  module ClassMethods
+    
+    # dollarized_attribute(:budget) will create a budget=(value) method
+    def dollarized_attribute(attribute)
+      define_method(attribute.to_s + '=') {|value|
+        if value.is_a? String
+          write_attribute(attribute, value.gsub(/[$ ,]/, ''))
+        else
+          write_attribute(attribute, value)
+        end
+      }
+    end
+    
+  end
+
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend ClassMethods
+  end
+end