Budget Enthusiast Gifts

'Showing Grandma the edge doesn't solve anything, but it gives us both an exciting day.'

"But if we didn't measure things we wouldn't know how good we were at measuring the things that we're measuring!"

'They never quite finished it - it was probably over budget.'

Everyone waited as Allen figured out how much the meal had cost per bite.

"Could you hold off clipping your coupons until I've finished reading the paper?"

Loans - 'We were thinking of paying a gas bill.'

The War of Tugs

'More and more millions here, more billions there, more trillions everywhere...it all adds up!'

'Speculation, speculation, speculation!'

Gas prices out of reach.

'I'm looking for an apartment near an ATM. I always run out of money by week's end.'

CONGRESS, 'It's frustrating -- you vote to spend trillions and trillions of dollars and nobody appreciates it!'

'Thriftiness'

'We are entering an era of thrift, so in place of champagne and canapes, there will be a jumble sale.'

Congressional Mousetrap.

Tony Blair - EU budget.

Break the bank.

Obama and the Government Shutdown.

How to make sure he won't see his shadow.

'Some representatives say $18 billion in earmarks is insignificant and only a drop in the federal budget bucket. . .'

'Let's go home and come back next year. It's Ground Hog Deficit!'

US Government: shut down until further notice.

Democrats and Republicans think about how to spend the state's surplus...

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

Looking for a way to have their cake and eat it too.

The spend is high

DIY marriage counseling.

Alistair Darling.

'I move that our investment club meet here next Wednesday, whereupon we will once again check under the cushions.'

"I'm afraid your allowance didn't survive the latest round of budget cuts."

'Why oh why...what have we done? Woe and more woe, we're doomed!'

Family planning - 'I was thinking something low maintenance.'

'This is interesting -- We've now spent more on ATM fees than we did on our first house.'

'Ever since he saw the new budget he's been obsessing over the numbers.'

Upper Income Target.