Budgeting Bungler Gifts

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

'What I don't understand is how all three of us managed to get the figures wrong!'

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

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

Fuel bill gone through the roof

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"I'm glad they want comedy... the budget is a joke."

"Hey, honey, the credit card company increased our debt... I mean our credit limit!"

"Everything's gone up."

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

"Seriously, you can't balance the budget with cushion change."

"What comes after zillion?"

'Well I've finished the project on time and on budget!' 'Oh, that means I've given you too much time and too much money!'

'We're cutting back on our legal expenses and going with the violence instead.'

'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!'

'Well, maybe upteen zillion was too general a cost estimate.'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

'With 5% spent on talent, 5% on production, and 90% on marketing...I smell WINNER!'

'Carry on sailor, just keep swimming around the coast and stick your head up now and again.'

'Uh oh. I can see another few hundred will be added to your bid.'

'My firm has scrutinised your budget and determined you could save a fortune by sacking us...that'll be £300,000 please!'

"So, the bills still aren't paid? You've never been good at money management."

'I need affordable daycare now!'

'So the prince and princess lowered their expectations became savvy consumers, then they lived reasonably contented forever after.'

'We've gone over your budget very carefully, Mr Thorne. Unfortunately the network does not sell 7-second spots.'

"The Treasury is fairly sure that the figures in the budget are correct, they might just not be in the right order!"

Oil shock.

"I don't mind out of control spending as long as it's on stuff I like."

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