Spending Sore Gifts

"And you always said I was hard to shop for."

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

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

George doesn't really like me using the credit card.

Stuff: You Don't Really Need But Still Don't Have.

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

'How effective is this new weight-loss regime?' 'We can guarantee you'll lose £50 at your signing on.'

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

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

Keep the econoimy moving

'It's amazing! I'm a magician! I can make a weekly wage disappear in four hours!'

'Whoever stole your credit card is spending a lot less with it than you did!'

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

'Oh that's weird! i just had a shiver go down my wallet. My wife must have just bought something.'

"Hey, I just got a burst of consumer confidence- let's go buy something."

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

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

"I see your point, but wouldn't it be more fun to spend it while I'm young enough to enjoy it?"

"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."

'She had just rung her husband and he'd said 'buy them all'!'

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

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

Med. Soc Sec. Can we agree on anything to reduce the deficit other than a bake sale?

'Every time I win an argument, he goes off on a Crusade to sulk.'

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

'You must know my kids...they spend like there's no tomorrow.'

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

'Spending and consuming - that's my kind of patriotism.'

"Let's discuss this feeling that you're always being blamed for bad golf scores!"

"Nothing ventured, nothing exchanged."

If you don't see what you want, buy something you don't want!

"What happened to consumer confidence?"

"He couldn't sink that last putt, so now he's trying to drown it."

'We have to move again -- I've worn out all the banks in town.'

'Where do you want the limbo bar set? Low, lower, extra low or U.S.-household-savings-rate?'