Savings Star Mugs

'That piggy bank is for my college fund.'

'But Dad, all the other kids get a roth IRA as part of their allowance package.'

'The good news is that what you save on my hair cut can be added to my allowance.'

"What the... mine are lunar eclipse glasses!"

'If only I'd spent as much time on my investment portfolio as I did on my lolly mix when I was a kid.'

Piggy bank #6: Union Jack.

"I just..."

Roasting the Moneybox

"Forget the allowance - I need a benefactor!"

His temperature appears to rise and fall with the FT index

'As you go through life, always remember that money isn't everything...Health benefits and stock options are also very important.'

'Of course I'm squirreling away money!'

"It failed the stress test."

"We need to cut costs, so I will show good leadership and will not drink champagne for lunch everyday. I will drink Prosecco instead."

'My piggy bank charged shaking fees.'

Maria had always said you could never have too many shoes. Actually, she was wrong.

"Want to trade banks with me?"

"You want to withdraw your money? There's a fee for that."

"I think it's time we cashed in our spare change. We could probably pay off our house."

'Sub lease' and 'Executive suite' putting money into a smug piggy bank

"I'm the ghost of your future retirement."

A child busking

Piggy Bank ATM

Piggy bank...cash cow.

"There's no getting away from the numbers....only by forgetting holidays, giving up drink, the cinema, meals out and socialising...will we be able to afford any quality of life when we retire."

'All the money we saved buying bulk food on sale we blew on this huge freezer!'

'The forever stamps I purchased at 42 cents are now 44 cents. That's an annual apprciation of 2 which is more than you earned on your investment portfolio.'

Safe under mattress.

They're rich but not in a glamorous way. They're Certificate of Deposit rich.

'But, Pop ... I thought bears hibernated in the winter.'

"It would appear that our 'rainy day investment fund' hasn't even yielded enough to buy us an umbrella each."

Energy saving

Money going to shark and piggy bank.

'Don't be afraid, the speculators won't take away your savings. I'll be faster than they are!'

"And when you've saved up enough money, what are you going to say in in your full-page ad in the New York Times?"