Budget Jugglers Gifts

'...And then, my income and outgo collided!'

"I've had enough of this diet. It's costing me to eat less."

European budget has a hole in it.

'Reading from left to right, that's my mortgage, my son's college tuition, and my auto rental agreement.'

High price of food

Electrical situation in Cuba

'Ok, I'm in a paperwork mood. Let 'er rip.'

'You earned this corner office by cutting corners...'

"Your expense account ain't what it used to be. There's not enough money on your card to cover the $5.35."

Deskboxes: 'LATE' and 'NEVER'.

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

'Honestly Bob, it's not that bad. If you can make as much next year as you did this year you'll be able to pay off your outstanding taxes for last year. That'll just leave the interest, the tax for this year and... my fees.'

"Everything's gone up."

'The scariest story I know is escalating health care costs.'

'As part of our alternative budget management strategy we've got Tim on 'Hail Marys' in here and Geoff sacrificing a goat to Woden next door!'

City Centre Development - "...We've spent all the money on the model."

'If only you could do this with a cow once in a week, we'd save a lot of money for the food delivery service, Rupert!'

'I need affordable daycare now!'

"All this stuff? I'm meeting for two now."

NHS targets.

'If the universe and everything in it is expanding, how come our budget gets shrunk all the time?'

'In... out... in... out... in... out... in...?!'

'The hospital needs to cut its drug budget...Mrs Miggins will be seeing what she can do for the Oncology department with hot twigs and frogspawn...'

'A belt will have to be tightened...not the cars...yours.'

'Yes, I think you better had ask Santa for it. Because there's no way I could afford to buy it.'

Free Range Eggs - ""I've decided to sell up. I'm having trouble making hens meet."

"Times are perfect for us masochists!..."

"Sorry, I'm late. I didn't realize how much credit you had on your card."

"Just because you can go around the world in one night doesn't mean you can also do your taxes that way!"

'Due to budget cutbacks, we need to get by with less.'

'There's not much of an incentive after taxes.'

'I know the marketing budget is stretched...but I still think we need professional models!'

"Sometimes I get the crazy feeling that he blames us for the budget overrun."

Student Debt

I filed my tax return electronically, to speed things up. Sure enough, I got audited in record time.