- They have really good burgers and fries
in there, and it's happy hour, and I can't go.
(rock music)
- I'm a bit of an impulsive shopper.
I have an Ebay problem.
- I spent a lot of money getting my nails done
and getting my hair done.
- I spend a lot of money on food.
DoorDash is my go-to.
A lot of times, I'll just end up
spending $50 on food delivery.
- Every time that I get my paycheck,
I'm just spending it, and I think
that's a really bad thing to do.
- I'm excited to try to only spend
$50 in a week because I don't know if I can.
- I think this is going to be really hard.
- I eat three times.
That's already $30.
Then, you only have $20 left, right?
So, I for sure can't get my nails done.
- I'm getting older, and eventually I'll need
to pay for a wedding, pay for kids.
I can barely pay for my dog.
- I think it'll be good and challenging,
and will make me ask myself where I'm spending my money.
- All right, let's see if this week
I can spend less than $50.
- It's the first day of trying to live off 50 bucks,
and I don't know where to eat,
but I really want a hamburger.
- For lunch, I went to a build your own pizza place,
and normally, I'd walk by the toppings
and just want to get everything,
and today, I just got a Margherita pizza.
- For dinner, we got this Chicken
Tikka Masala from Trader Joe's.
It was only $3.50.
- Pretty cheap.
- Really cheap.
- I'm trying to figure out what to eat for lunch right now.
I really want a hamburger, but I if I eat a hamburger,
I have to cook from home tonight.
- Got some Chipotle, which is eight bucks,
and I'm going to eat half for dinner,
so that's four bucks a meal.
- I think I'm going to eat a doughnut for lunch.
- The only thing I know how to make is spaghetti,
so I got some of this.
Really want acai, but it's seven dollars.
- Guess what?
I got a doughnut.
99 cents.
Can't beat that.
Maybe I'll just eat doughnuts this
whole time and destroy my body.
- We're going out tonight, and my friends and I
ended up bringing the alcohol,
and Amy brought tonic water, and I had the lime already,
so we didn't spend any money.
Well, I didn't spend any money.
- I just came back from Pavillions,
and all the food that I got was $21,
I think, and then, with the discount, it was $15.
- My friend is shopping right now, and I can't buy anything.
This sucks.
I want to buy everything here.
- I'm at a half-tank of gas.
I'm about to go visit my family in the OC,
and that's probably where the last
of our money's going to go.
- Just browsing through online shopping.
I'm just picking all these clothes online
and putting them in the cart and then I just don't buy them.
- Oh my gosh, I just found a can of Pringles in my car.
Hallelujah.
- Usually before I go to sleep, I get on eBay
and bid on things I don't need.
- Today is Mother's Day, so I might go to Ralph's
and get flowers or something.
- There was a shirt I wanted and I'm about
to lose it because I can't bid on it,
because I can't afford it this week.
(sad violin music)
- I'm nearing my last day of this challenge,
but I ran out of this tea that I drink,
and I just had to order $30 worth on Amazon.
(buzzer sound)
- It's the last day and checked my wallet
and I have $25 dollars left,
which means I only spent half the amount
I was supposed to spend in a week.
- Stuff like vacation and trips that gonna help
your mental health is worth it,
even if it costs more money, but if it just looks pretty
or if it's an expensive meal, and I just really crave it
in that moment, you're gonna poop it out,
and you're gonna forget about it.
- The one really nice thing with being done
is that I can actually afford a doughnut again,
so I'm just back to where I started.
- I ended up eating a lot of instant stuff,
so it wasn't necessarily really good for my body,
but I think budgeting wise, I did a pretty good job
this week, and I wanna be frugal and be able
to save more money in my future.
(slow electronic music)