Sophie Ellis-Bextor Quotes

Since having kids, I am more careful about saving rather than splurging. I used to spend all my money on trainers and high heels that I couldn't walk in.

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

My mother, she had a very good attitude toward money. I'm very grateful for the fact that we had to learn to save. I used to get like 50 pence a week, and I'd save it for like five months. And then I'd spend it on Christmas presents. I'd save up like eight pounds. It's nothing, but we did that.

I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.

I tend to be pretty conservative in the way I spend money.

Even if you have a lot of money, you may not want to spend a lot of it on clothes.

If you're not clipping coupons before going to the grocery store, you're overspending. If you're ordering in or going out to dinner because you don't feel like cooking, you're overspending. If you're not tracking where your money is going, you're very likely overspending.

I'm careful with money.

I have enough money to last me the rest of my life unless I buy something.

My wife and I are really strange people. We never spend any money.

I'd never really thought about it before, but now you ask I can see that how my parents handled money definitely affected my relationship with it.

I used to buy nice clothes and drive a nice car when I couldn't afford it. But I spent all my money doing it, and now I don't have to. I like nice things. I like to travel in a certain style. I like to live in a nice place.

I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase.

Bad shopping habits die hard.

The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to.'

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.

My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.

Thank goodness I've saved my money.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

Taking stock of what you own, when done correctly and thoroughly, helps dampen the urge to shop frivolously.

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.

I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.