Savings Planner Mugs

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

'Sold the Harley, opened up an offshore account and topped up our investments.'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"Although technically it's a profit and loss statement, the narrative is admittedly rather one-sided."

"At $4 a dozen, it's hard to balance a career and a family."

Day trading.

ACME Balloon Company.

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"I just..."

Investing your savings

Piggy bank #5: carrying (colour).

"Try not to think of them just as a 'customer' but rather as your only chance of paying your mortgage and putting food on your plate."

"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."

A smiling man leaning on large piggy bank.

"I'm taking your advice and saving my money!"

Keep the econoimy moving

'I need a tool to measure productivity.'

'I follow my dad's stocks so I know when to ask for an allowance increase.'

I don't trust banks. I keep some of my money right here. It's prudent to have a financial cushion.

A wiser and a better man

"Let's say an immediate $10.00 allowance increase plus an annual 8% cost of living raise and I'll call him off."

"I guess I really was spending too much money on lattes."

"Mum, Dad, my pocket money could do with some quantitative easing please."

"Ooooh. Suave, portly, and financially secure..."

'It's a relatively simple operation...first, we take out your wallet...'

'...but if daddy raised your allowance he'd be hurting the economy by stimulating inflation. You wouldn't want him to do that, would you?'

'I'm worth more than $3,000 as a federal income tax exemption. So how about a raise in my allowance?'

'Our short-term solution is money. Our long-term solution is more money.'

Piggy bank #3: normal (colour).

'I'm about to say my prayers, Dad. Do you want more pocket money too?'

'Instead of the dollar or the Yuan, I'd like my allowance pegged to the value of the comic book,'

"Before we cut the cake, I want to thank my bride for bringing our wedding in under budget."

Piggy Bank reads 'How to Manage Your Money.'

"In keeping with my promise to spread the wealth, I'm giving you all a bigger piece of the pie."

Piggy bank...cash cow.