Budgeting Hero Gifts

"He's refusing to pay the inflationary bits"

"It's a quote from the builder, he's wanting £900 just to come around and sneer at us!"

"Honey, have you seen the size of this phone bill?"

New year worry lines

"We have to decide. Pay for our drugs or cable TV?"

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

Gerry, there are more accurate ways of balancing the petty cash.

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

"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

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

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

Investing your savings

"We balanced our budget this month!"

"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.'

"What comes after zillion?"

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

'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!'

Blowing dust off an order book.

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

'It's a type of credit card that self destructs when it reaches the limit I've set for you.'

'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.'

'The sick economy isn't why J.B.has cut back on spending. He always was a tightwad.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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