Looking back at my last few months of statements, it seems
like most of my money has been going towards clothes.
Hi, my name is Deanna I'm 23 years old and I am 100%,
an over spender.
One brand that I love is an athletic apparel company.
And they update their sale page every Thursday morning.
We have all of the black version.
We have tops of the brand.
We have shorts of the brand.
I'm also a sucker for those Instagram ads that say,
here are five products that you need right now.
And I'm like, you're right, I need them right now.
Good morning today, to day one of the no spend challenge.
This morning I was just super cozy and super lazy
and thought, it would be so nice to have breakfast delivered
today but I can't.
I have already gone through some of my favorite websites
because I saw an Instagram ad about a eyeshadow palette
that was not released to the big brand stores and was just
released to secondhand stores.
So I was like, I need to find it.
And if it's still on my mind by next week, maybe
I'll get it.
Another thing that happened was that I was asked
out on a little dinner date and I was like, okay.
Oh no, how do I explain?
That I'm not spending money for Rachel Ray.
Can we instead like make dinner and have drinks?
And we can, like, you make dinner I'll bring drinks,
stuff like that.
And they were like, oh yeah, sure.
And I was like, okay, thank God!
So far, so good.
The only like tempting thing on my mind is
that I kind of get bored of what's in my fridge.
And I kind of just wanna order something today
but it's okay.
I don't have to, I don't have to, I don't have to.
All I want is pizza.
So I'm trying to figure out if I can make a trade
with a friend or something.
I happen to have some frozen pizza stuff,
Gnocchi type of deal happening.
And so I indulged in that instead of getting pizza,
it was good.
I'm stuck inside for the storm, and so I was going to buy or
rent a movie online, and then I realized, gotta go
for the free stuff Dee.
I think I'm gonna do it.
I think I wanna order something.
I'm sorry, Rachel.
I have to, I wanna order something.
So, can't break the rules.
Oops.
Sorry.
We are almost done.
Thank God because I miss fresh produce 'cause all of mine
is done for this week.
I dug up my Nintendo Switch and I've wanted to like
get some new games.
Geez!
They're like 50 bucks.
So there's that?
Oh, there's some new products out from one of my favorite
makeup brands that I just really would like,
but I don't need.
I simply do not need.
And that is the lesson of this week.
Like I really don't need anything else.
There's the difference between like wants and needs.
They're so hard to differentiate.
Well, that was clearly a mixed bag.
What did you learn from the experience?
I really realized that as soon as I saw an ad that was too
specific to who I am, I realized, okay, that is brilliant
marketing, but I don't need it.
Smart
And good for them.
Good for them at being so fantastic at their job.
But yeah, it was truly the food.
Like I'm a student and I work two jobs.
So to spend all that time chopping up that salad
that I was craving all of those, all of the vegetables
that go into a salad and it's really yummy when it's chopped
fine.
I would so much rather pay and spend the money,
for someone else to take that time that I didn't have.
All right.
I'm gonna give you a haul pass on once a week
buy your chopped vegetables, because you're eating
your vegetables.
But understand, the more you cook the less intimidating it
is and the more money you're gonna save.
That's also true.
Absolutely
Can we meet at a happy middle?
Can you maybe cook just one day a week for yourself
or your friends?
Just one.
That's all I'm trying to get outta ya.
One.
No, absolutely.
Just send me one picture of anything you make and
I will be so happy.
Thank you so much
Deanna, you're beautiful and you're sweet.
Thank you.
So are you.
And I love pinky swears.
Thank you.
I love pinky swears.
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