Money Gardener Gifts

Banking - The Money Tree

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

The president's men

"We're experienced an extraordinary amount of growth this year."

Watering Money

'I think I know what the problem is!'

The Shrinking Dollar.

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

Piggy bank #5: carrying (colour).

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

Money exchange

"We balanced our budget this month!"

"We rolled your account over, sir, and that just made it worse."

'If you must know... I got the ten-million-dollar bonus this year because... instead of losing 15-million-dollars, we could of possibly lost much, much more!'

"Constant vigilance, regular trimming."

'I use my Blackberry all the time to check the competition's executive bonuses.'

'Don't worry about making your will, Miss Moneybags leave everything to me. . .'

'Diversify, diversify, diversify. Never keep all your eggs in one basket, unless it's Easter.'

'That's where they keep all the money I don't have anymore.'

RRSP once stood for Registered Retirement Savings Plan, now stands for Really, Really Small Potatoes!

'You're my economic advisor. What'll I do?'

Overdraft limit.

'Withdrawal symptoms.'

Here today, Bailed Out Tomorrow.

What is possible and what is probable.

"We've got a new financial advisor. I asked him how to cut down on out of pocket expenses and he said to stop wearing clothes with pockets."

Have you hugged your money today?

Tax Cuts Water the Economy.

'Well, okay. So we almost bankrupted the country. But we've managed to make a slight profit thanks to the government bail out package, so who can possibly deny us a fat bonus this year?'

'Hey, if they can grow in Michigan...'

Piggy Bank ATM

'Oh, not much. Well, still dabbling a bit in commodities futures.'

'Would it kill 'ya to index my birthday check to inflation?'

'While I'm here for my audit, could I interest you in some tax free municipal bonds?'

Planting vegetables - "BEAN there done that."