I have a work dilemma. I work in media and none of my coworkers are staying within their weekly budget.?

I understand. Times are rough, our budgets too small, and our editors want the best freelancers writing for them. So they spend way too much. I'm in charge of filling out the budgets, but it's not my job to police editors who go over. I do remind them that they're over and that our manager might soon reign them in. But when one of the editors switched some of the budget burden on to me without even telling me, I took matters into hand by calling a meeting with our manager. I wanted to make sure I would still be able to have enough of the budget to ign work to writers. I think that editor and the others involved thought I called to much attention to budget excesses that we might have gotten away with if we just pretended like it wasn't happening. I felt that the piper would soon be calling and I better make sure I have enough budget to work with myself. Now I think they are mildly holding it against me. Did I do the right thing or shoot myself in the foot?