Spending Gifts

'My wife's a Keynesian - she's always spending herself out of depressions.'

"I don't mind out of control spending as long as it's on stuff I like."

"Say aaargh!" (Dentist presents his bill to a patient).

'Going...Going...Gone! Sold to the lady with more money than sense.'

'You knew I was an impulse shopper when you married me!'

'Son, I've been nickeled and dimed my whole life, and believe me, nickled is better.'

"But Mummy, you told me that the money in my piggy bank was disposable income!"

Faith Based Credit.

'Oh, go ahead and buy it, dear — we'll find the money somewhere.'

'Don't bother using the cash machine on the High St. I've worn it out.'

'Can you loan me *** till pay day?'

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

I intend running up some bills.

Tennis player to shopper-'I'm spent.' Shopper says-'Me too.'

"If it's any consolation, spending all that money shopping made me feel a lot better."

'I have no idea what he does, but he must be a success if he can make more than she can spend.'

"Well, maybe money can't buy happiness, but I'm willing to try."

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

Keep the econoimy moving

'The bank wants you to stop writing checks for a few days, to give them a chance to catch up.'

angel: 'My old regret is, I didn't go now, pay later.'

'I've joined the 'Cheque-book-of-the-Month Club!'

'I spent $1,500 on ski equipment, and now not only have I no balance on the slopes, I have no balance in the bank.'

"Fiscal conservatism be damned. I'm a fiscal hedonist."

'Every time the clerk asked 'paper or card' I chose my credit card.'

"Well, we can try. But to be honest, I doubt that you'll get custody of your husband's credit cards."

'Denied?...but it's my last one.'

'When it comes to shopping, not only does the buck stop here, but so do the fives, tens, twenties, fifties and hundreds.'

Wealth AcquisitionWealth ManagementSince You Can't Take it with you, Spend it.

"No, I didn't say Peggy was charging her phone. . . I said she was on the phone, charging!"

'I have a six-figure life-style and a five-figure income.'

'Forget that's $500 more - I think of it as $100 less than $600 more!'

"Well, one good thing about summer...is I work more hours and make a lot more money. The bad thing is...I have a lot more free time to spend it all."

"If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping."

"What happened to consumer confidence?"