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Blondie on a Budget Blondie Bumstead is having trouble balancing the family budget, particularly as she wants to buy a new
fur coat. Her husband Dagwood also needs money for the membership fee of a
fishing club he wants to join. Blondie becomes jealous when she finds Dagwood with an overfamiliar old friend, Joan Forrester, and begins to suspect that they are having an affair. After Dagwood wins money in a competition he decides to buy Blondie a fur coat, but uses Joan to try it on for size. Blondie sees them in the shop together and mistakenly thinks he is buying it for Joan. She decides to leave Dagwood for good, only to have a last minute change of heart. ==Cast==