Budgeting Enthusiasts Mugs

'I'm just saying, if our income is 'fixed', how come we're 'broke'?'

'From living beyond our means, we've gone to living beyond our wildest expectations!'

'If we'd been saving for a rainy day, we'd be penniless by now.'

'Due to my rising medical bills, we're going to have to let one of you go.'

"As a nation, we may be spending our children's money, but at my house it's the other way around."

'Henry's training his memory to forget the cost of living.'

'You're a great employee Phillips,,But I'm afraid a raise is out of the question,,Money is tight around here,,'

'We're in a recession, you'll grow into it.'

The cost of living.

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

"Good news! Our financial problems are over. We just have to make one small change in our lifestyle. We can't buy anything from now until Memorial Day."

Family Budgets

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

'What's the smallest budget you can manage on?' 'The most you can give me!'

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

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

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

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

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

"What comes after zillion?"

DIY marriage counseling.

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

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

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

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

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

'My husband thought he could save money by repairing it himself.'

"I hate check writing, but, hey, it pays the bills."

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

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

The ways and means committee reaches the tipping point.

Rare Medical Conditions - The compulsive desire to work out restaurant bills correctly

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

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

The spend is high