- Hey, y'all, I'm Mitchell.
- Hey, I'm Jasmine.
- And we're surviving off of just $50.
- For an entire week.
(upbeat music)
- I am a depression spender.
So my Amazon cart is always ready for me to just click buy.
- I have no idea how I'm going to survive this.
Like I spend so much money on food alone,
like that's my whole $50, right there.
- So, Jasmine, do you really think
you're going to be successful after this challenge?
- I am super nervous about the challenge,
but I'm so competitive that like
the fact that you're in LA and I'm in Atlanta,
like I have to do my city right, okay?
I can let LA show us up.
- I do think you have a little of an advantage
because LA prices are a little expensive.
Okay, so it's West Coast verse the East Coast.
Let's go.
- Let's get it.
(upbeat music)
- So first I have to start off by emptying out my fridge.
I'll probably have to meal prep, ugh.
Okay, I am ready for this challenge.
I want to see if I actually can budget $50
for the entire week.
I just need to control myself,
control those urges to not spend when I don't need to.
I know it's a challenge for myself, but I also want to win.
Let's start planning for shopping.
(groovy music)
- I'm sitting in the car right now with my $50.
I honestly have no idea what to do.
So I might try to come up a little list.
I'm about to go into the store now,
been sitting in this car for too long,
like, contemplating life.
I think it's time to just pull the trigger
and get this started.
So wish me luck!
- I don't know what I'm going to eat.
I'm so indecisive so I literally have to like
plan this out and think it out.
I can do this, I can do this.
We will get rice, beans, hopefully avocados,
some sort of spinach,
broccoli, maybe some bell peppers,
so I can do like a salad
and then do kind of like a mixed thing, a stir fry.
Check, done.
Okay, I am walking to Ralphs, the grocery store, right now.
I'm going to penny-pinch and I brought my bags with me.
So I gave myself a budget of only 20,
oh not blowing away in the wind, $20.
Wish me luck.
(bell dings)
(groovy music)
- [Mitchell] Yes!
(coins clattering)
Okay, I got my groceries.
- Hopefully I did good.
I was really in here for like a long time.
- I was surprised that I actually got under budget.
I think I'm already killing this challenge.
- I'm over budget already.
I went in the store with such good intentions.
I made a list.
This was the list that I had.
As you can see, it was too many things on that list
as I went through it.
So I definitely should've crossed some things off,
but it's hard to let things go.
I got a lot of things that were under a dollar,
so that was awesome.
And I eat plant-based so a lot of the things that I get,
I need a lot of vegetables and fruits and stuff like that.
Yeah, it's pretty rough.
I only have $28 and 4 cents left
for the entire rest of the week.
And I have no idea what I'm going to do.
- Okay, so Day One was not as bad
as I thought it was going to be.
I was super proud of myself for going under budget
for my $20 spending for groceries.
I am a little bit worried that I'm going to get tired
of the food that I'm going to be eating
for the rest of the week, but if it's only five days
I can push through.
So it's the morning of Day Two,
and I'm going to make myself some breakfast
and I'm just going to do my toast with peanut butter
and the banana.
Simple.
(chill music)
- [Jasmine] Hey guys, so because yesterday
was such a big spending day,
I decided to challenge myself to not spend any money at all.
And honestly, I've been doing great.
Normally, I would just go to my local gym,
but 'cause that cost, I wanted to show you guys
a place that you can go in Atlanta for free
to work out by yourself or with your friends.
That's here at the Atlanta BeltLine.
This morning, I got up and I made the smoothie bowl,
which was actually quite delicious.
For lunch, I just had leftovers
of that pasta that I made last night.
And for dinner, I'm probably just going to have like
the rice and beans and vegetables.
A lot of people are riding bikes and stuff
or walking their dogs or running on this trail.
Yeah, I'm just gonna get back to my workout now.
- So the great thing about being on set
is I actually did get food.
I thought I wasn't going to get any snacks,
but now I got my lunch.
Okay, so I'm already worried about my gas!
(suspenseful music)
I'm like under half a tank and I still got places to go.
- Because I am doing this challenge,
and I'm trying to stick to this plan.
I'm a little bit nervous about the rest of the week,
because I know I do have some big challenges coming up.
One being that I'm going to be hanging out with my friends
and like spending time with my boyfriend as well,
but most of the time he likes to foot the bills,
so that might help me.
I'm still getting the vibes.
I'm still having a good time
and I'm spending less money and that's the goal.
- Okay, I'm about to cook dinner.
I have my food here and I'm just hoping for the best.
Okay, time for me to dig in.
Please be yummy.
Mmm, oh yeah!
Three more days, yum yum in the tum tum.
Okay, end of Day Two.
I didn't spend any money today.
So I'm just worried that I'm not going to make it
for gas at the end of this week,
I have $30 left and some change like,
so like $32.
I got this, I got this.
(groovy music)
- I woke up this morning and my charger was like,
not working anymore.
I don't know what happened, I mean,
hopefully I can get like one of those cheap ones
at Walmart or something like that.
On a good note, my boyfriend got us tickets
to Kanye's listening party, which is tomorrow.
But I don't have anything to wear.
Today is looking like it's going to be
a heavy spending day, unfortunately.
- The good thing about today is that
I'm just working from home.
So I don't have to do too much.
Right now, I'm about to make my salad and eat lunch.
So hopefully it'll go well.
Let's try this salad.
Mm, mm.
It's so plain.
I need a heartier dinner.
I can do my spaghetti,
sort of like vegan sausage or something to put in it.
If I'm good with gas, then I could probably do it.
- Okay, so I'm in line right now, getting ready to pay.
I have the Cubs shirt and then I also have
the Georgia Bulldog shirt.
And the Bulldog shirt is a little bit smaller
so I feel like it's going to fit better
for what I'm trying to do.
$1.78.
- [Cashier] Thank you so much!
- [Jasmine] Thank you.
In total I spent what's $3.22.
$24.82 is my remaining budget for the rest of week.
- So I have $28 left and some change.
I really think I'm going to make it this week.
This is after getting my plant-based kind of meat
for my spaghetti.
I'm actually excited for this.
This should be chill.
So let's go.
Bon appetit.
- So I had to go to Target and pick up a new charger
and that charger costs me an additional $10.76.
I only have $9.75 for the entire rest of the week.
- I'm kind of done with eating toast
and my salad for lunch was secretly trash.
I forgot that this week I was going to get my hair done.
So I am going to try tomorrow to do my own hair.
I might find out that I'm really good at it.
So I started doing my hair like late at night,
but then I started to crave Taco Bell.
I don't need Taco Bell,
I don't need Taco Bell.
I won't do it, I'm good.
(bell chimes)
I did it.
So now I have $20 left and less than a quarter tank of gas.
I'll be fine.
(scream sound effect)
I'm going to enjoy this food.
I'll figure it out tomorrow.
(upbeat music)
- Today is a great day.
I'm going to meet my boyfriend later today
and hopefully get some free food.
We are going to go see Kanye West at his listening party,
so I'm really excited about that.
But today no money will be spent.
- So I finished my hair.
I will never take any of my hair stylists for granted
ever again, because this me like three hours to do.
Either, I might do something else with it tomorrow,
or I will leave it like this until next week
when I can get an actual appointment.
(upbeat music)
- So guys, I got my free food and my drinks.
Yeah, I haven't spent any money so far today
because I've been mooching off my man.
That's what Black love is for.
- I'm just finishing up from my yoga classes
that I taught tonight.
I'm looking at my gas in my car.
I just don't think we're going to make it.
So I'm going to try to get home
and then spend $10 on gas tomorrow.
♪ Struggle is real ♪
♪ The struggle is real ♪
(chill music)
- So, I just got back from the concert and I'm really tired.
Tomorrow's the last day.
And I'm hanging out with my friends tomorrow
and I do feel like I have less than $10.
I feel like I'm losing this challenge, honestly.
(upbeat music)
- Wow, wow, wow.
What a week.
I did my own hair.
Inches.
(whip cracks)
Okay.
The week went by pretty fast.
And if anyone has any tips, let me know.
Or if you just want to Venmo me
and give me a couple hundred dollars,
I will also be very open to that.
Thank you.
Namaste.
(whip cracks)
(upbeat music)
- So I'm getting ready to go
hang out with my friends for tonight.
And I'm running like so low on my mascara.
When I don't feel like buying a new one right away,
I just add a little bit of water into the tube
and swish it around.
And I'm able to go ahead and get my mascara together.
(upbeat music)
(car engine starts)
So I'm literally gonna use my last $10
to get my friend's mom wine for her birthday.
I hope she likes it
'cause it's my last $10.
Okay, so I'm headed off to my friend's place.
I really hope his mom likes the wine that I got her.
It was the last bit of my budget.
I'm just going to go hang out.
Should be a fun time with this new hair,
hopefully I get compliments.
- I am about to meet some of my friends,
'cause I didn't think that I would make it to this day
with $9 left.
So, it's a win.
I don't care what you say.
- I had a great time at my friend's.
His mom loved the wine that I got her.
I feel like being around friends
is always like the key to making sure you save money.
(chill music)
- Hey. - What's up?
Oh my God, I'm happy it's over.
- Literally, a week.
That felt like forever.
Okay, so Jasmine, spill the tea.
How did your week actually go?
- So I spent my entire $50
and then I met up with friends.
I definitely went over the budget at that point,
but it was a splurge.
- I was exactly at $50.
- Oh, you were perfect.
- I have some change, I might have like 50 cents.
What do you think some of your like biggest
like takeaways from this week was?
- My biggest takeaway is probably that
I don't need to spend so much on groceries.
Like I think I buy as if I'm like supporting
a family of four.
- I'm glad that we went through this together too,
coast to coast.
I feel like we can do this again.
Next time we should up the antes,
and then whoever it goes over budget
has to give the other person $50.
- Ooh.
- I'm just saying,
let's get a pot going or something!
- Why you wanna take my money?
- That'll be the motivation.
- Why you wanna take my money?
- Go play with my money, that's the thing!