Budgeting Expert In Training Gifts

"I was thinking...what if you didn't get a car? Think how much you'd save! No car payments. No gas bills. No insurance. No repair bills."

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

"You're a fine one to talk about my spending!"

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

Fuel bill gone through the roof

Investing your savings

'The good news is we've finally turned the corner. The bad news is, no government bailout.'

'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 grow our food, have solar energy, use bikes instead of car...now if we could only stop buying knickknacks!'

'I couldn't imagine bringing a child into the current fiscal-cliffy world.'

"This guy might like fiddling with numbers, Dad – but is he any good at sums?"

"Alright, alright! I'll stop buying the cheap stuff, OK?"

Blowing dust off an order book.

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

Small Businesses Go Under.

". . . We're being sucked into the UK national debt!"

"No, unfortunately I won't be raising your debt ceiling."

"Gee, Dave, a proposal to balance the budget wasn't really what I was expecting."

"His department suffered the death of a thousand cuts."

'I don't have the budget surplus ON me, dummy!'

'The legislation HR2109 would increase state aid to education. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for you.'

'This charge is for the office visit, this charge is for blood work, and this charge just about pays off the doc's school loan.'

'The diet books really worked for me...I bought so many I couldn't afford any food.'

Budget Munchies

7.9% Fewer Drones

'So, who's first?'

"Does it not gladden the heart to see Lowry adapt so well to our new low overhead policy?"

Easy Budget Terms Are Not That Easy.

'Can I help? You bet your bottom dollar I can.'

'We can't cut out the middle man. With the government in the picture now we are the middle man.'

Gas prices up.

"I want you to know that the school board is very pleased with your efforts to make this new budget work."

'When we talk about a 'needs' led service. The 'NEED' is to stay in budget!'