WEBVTT - “Breaking Bad" GASTADERA Habits 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:07.400 I'm Honey German. My parents are Dominican. I was born 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:09.800 and raised in New York City. I love sneakers and 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:14.840 I'm a body positive advocate. I'm Carolina Bermudez, but i 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.560 was born and raised in Ohio. I'm a wife, a mama, 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.680 and a worker. Bee. This is life in spanglish, Honey. 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:24.920 That direct deposit hit, and I'm gonna let you know 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:29.760 it is very slim. It is not enough for me anymore. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:32.840 Who are you telling? Girl? First of all, I lose 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.159 half my bread in Texas, so yes, I'm already in 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:40.200 the red the day I get paid. It is so absurd. 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.400 And I know, and this is something that I told, 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:46.440 honey that I really wanted to discuss because, no matter what, 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.520 I know, so many people who are trying to cut 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:54.560 back on expenses. They are trying to trim that wallet 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.000 a little bit. They're trying to figure out ways to 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.800 like make their money last longer. Because when I tell you, 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:02.080 I was in the city the other day and I 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:03.280 had to go to Sweet Green. Do you know what 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:07.640 sweet Green is? Yeah, the salad shop and ill It's 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.959 like you know what, I very rarely. I always always 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.640 bring food from home. Whenever I come into the city 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:15.839 because for this very reason, and I'm going to explain 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.200 it to you. So I said, forget it, I'm just 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:19.759 going to go to Sweet Green. I want to treat 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:22.440 myself to a salad, fully knowing that it's going to 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.240 be about fifteen bucks. Right of course, for the salad, 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.040 I go to Sweet Green. Oh, but I wanted to 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.600 add some chickpeas because you know those are filling all right. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:33.480 So then, um, but I you know I love a 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:37.200 good cucumber, so I'll put a cucumber in there. All 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:42.759 things told, this damn salad was near twenty three dollars. Okay, 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.560 at the end of meat ordering it, now wait for it. 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.920 So then at the end, the guy goes, do you 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.000 want your dressing on it or do you want it 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.040 on the side. I'm an on the side girl most 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.280 of the time, okay, but on this day, I said, 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:58.680 I'm gonna eat it right now. I said, go ahead, 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.840 you can just put it on, honey. I was so 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.560 furious this guy made it a salad soup. I was like, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.560 that's disgusting. I hate when that happens. The lettuce was 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.920 literally swimming. I was honestly, I was so upset. It 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:14.720 made me like you know when you get angry, and 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.320 maybe I was like pmssing. It made me like legit 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.880 want to cry. I'm like, I spent twenty three dollars 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:24.120 on this bumbass salad that I can't even eat right now, 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.359 and it hurt me because I'm thinking to myself, twenty 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.919 three dollars, like that's a lot of money. It has 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.400 a lot of bread, especially when you look at the 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:34.320 ingredients and you're like, this is probably two dollars worth 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.520 of ingredients. I was gonna say that they didn't even 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.000 give me bread. The bread was not included. So I 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.000 just said to myself, I'm like, there's gotta be a 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.120 better way. So I've been looking up these articles and 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.720 I've been trying to figure out ways that I can 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.799 curb my spending. Now. It's very challenging in a household 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.080 with four different people. But I do think some of 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:56.720 these tips are great. And I do think that some 0:02:56.800 --> 0:02:59.600 of these tips are so extreme and they're just not okay. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.120 I'm not willing to do them because then we're not living, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.680 you know. So like for example, in your house, you 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.360 it's just you and noony. You guys just bought a home. 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:10.720 How are you cutting back? Like, what are you doing 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.360 to save money? Because I think everybody you never know 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.400 what people know. Some people may roll their eyes and 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.160 be like, oh, I know all these things, but you 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.959 may not know some of these. Two my main thing. 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.880 I made a commitment to not shop for clothing, and Carolina, 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.560 it was just an addiction. It was just clothes and 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.960 bags and boxes of unopened stuff, and I had to 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.280 check myself. I'm like, listen, bitch, go shopping in your 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:37.320 own damn closet. And I just stopped. I'm not saying 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.680 that addiction is not going to return, but I was 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.440 able to tweak that problem that I had, and I've 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.680 saved so much money. Carolyna, I'm telling you I was 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:48.080 spending about four hundred dollars on just random clothes that 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.560 I didn't need monthly. Well now, wait a minute, can 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.040 I ask you and please be honest, like be transparent. 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:57.800 Oh even Amazon, even Amazon, you haven't gotten like a shirt, 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.120 because that's that's the issue for me. Don't go, Carolyn, 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.280 I don't buy no clothes on Amazon. I'm sorry. I'm 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.680 being one hundred percent transparent. I think I'm still stuck 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.360 on the fact that I used to be fat, and 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.560 you know, fat girl's got to be very careful with 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.880 the quality of the clothes. Oh yo, your polka dot 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.920 draws is showing through your tights. You know. Oh your 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.359 rolls is popping. Knock girl dress falls apart. You know. 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.720 I'm very ichy about buying clothing from Amazon. I think 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.560 it's an old trauma from when I was two hundred pounds. Yeah, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.080 so yeah, but no, nothing, I'm talking nothing. I do 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:33.240 have an item saved that I'm gonna buy one side 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:37.200 to side to just go for it. It's a pair 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:42.080 of spanks leather tights that I want. They're like a 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.560 fun fifty and I'm gonna buy them when I'm done 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.480 not being good. But can I say something, When you 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.880 spend money on quality products, then you don't need to 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:55.280 buy the things from Amazon. That's why I'm doing that, Carly. 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.719 I just want one good pair of black tights that 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.599 I can run down to the ground get my money's worth. Okay, 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.200 So I'm going to go through this list quickly, and 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.080 then I want you to do coment with me because 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:06.920 I want you to tell me what you're doing. So 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.080 the first thing that they recommended. And this is from 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.760 a BuzzFeed article that said, these are the fourteen ways 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.320 that people are saving money. Okay, so the first one 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.840 is cancel any and all automatic payments for everything. I 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.920 will not do this, and I'll tell you why that's weird. 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.440 I'm not doing that because I'll forget everything. Exactly. I 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:28.520 have too many things. The mental toll that I that 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.480 I would go through to remember when is the light 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.360 bill going to go? When it is? You know, when 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.720 is my automatic When is my payment for capital one? When? 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.640 You know? Like all of that stuff. I would not 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.960 be able to do it. But the suggestion was to 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.840 cancel any and all automatic payments so that you know 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.440 what you're paying for, so I see what they're saying 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.839 with it. You have to know what money is going 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.080 in and money is going out. But most of the 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.000 things that I have on automatic payment, like I have 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.320 no choice. We got to pay for the light, you 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.160 know what I mean? Like, all right, I'm not willing 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:01.680 to do that either. Girl, I won't sleep at night. 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:04.240 Did the water get paid? Did the gas get Hell? No, 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.400 I'm not doing that. But what I do agree with 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:13.119 is going over subscriptions like Peacock, Netflix, Stars. I spend 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.560 about eighty dollars a month on subscriptions. Carolyn. I'm not 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.640 gonna lie to you because I gotta watch all types 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.080 of shows on all different platforms. But maybe I should 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.720 cancel a couple of those and put out a message. 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:26.719 But hey, who's trying to share in stars logging? Okay, 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:28.960 you you just took the words out of my mouth. See, 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.720 I don't have Stars, but I do have Disney because 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:35.280 of the kids. Okay, so I use I use my 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.600 friends Netflix, and I said, I was like, you can 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:42.240 use my Disney like Netflix. Yeah, until Netflix comes and 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.760 locks me down, babe, like we Carl Well, we had 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.440 drafts snitching on ourselves. Hello, Andrew, you're gonna delete that. 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.400 I ain't trying to do no time for no Netflix subscription. No, 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:54.800 I mean, listen, everybody doesn't. But I don't feel guilty 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.040 because I feel like we're just bartering. We're exchanging. Like 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.840 I'm not just taking your logging and not giving you 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:06.960 anything for Yeah, they'll be okay. So that's using a 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.560 credit card that gives you rewards. Now I've shared this 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.760 with you guys in the past. I only have two 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:17.120 credit cards, and I pay them in full every month. 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:21.080 One is a personal credit card, the other is a 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.520 joint credit card. So for things like you know, my 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.800 son's tennis lessons, like Mark and I will both put 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.760 in that goes out of the joint account, right, But 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:33.440 the rewards are real, and I'll tell you I have 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.280 saved a lot of my points in order to get 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.440 an airline ticket whenever we're going, you know, on vacation. 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.920 We can pay for like the family's airline tickets. So 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:43.960 you know, the important thing with a credit card is 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.440 to just make sure that you're paying off the full balance, 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.880 you know, So I think that everybody knows that. But 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:52.040 using credit cards that give you rewards, it's a real thing. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.440 And if you're not getting anything from using your credit card, 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:57.800 you should go back to the drawing board and get 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.720 one that will give you something. All you're doing is 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:05.000 paying interest. But for sure, credit cards that give rewards amazing, 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:08.320 Like let's say American Express Platinum. They give you two 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.560 hundred dollars credit for whatever airline you choose, to give 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.240 your money back for a hotel. So there are a 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.040 little perks like I use it the other day to 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.640 buy something from Laroche. Puss spend seventy five dollars, get 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.040 fifteen dollars back. Yes, and Honey, you know what I do. 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.000 I use Racketson. Oh my gosh, you just took it. 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.240 That's exactly what I was going to tell people. So 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:29.880 for Amex Platinum, if you go and you view their offers, right, 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.600 so they'll say, like you said, spend seventy five dollars 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:37.000 they give me on scrolland scrolland scrolling. Well, but here's 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:38.720 the thing. It's like, you have to This is the 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:42.160 problem too. You have to be strategic. So that offer, 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.960 I am going to do it whenever it expires. I'm 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.479 going to do it like literally the day that it expires, 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.679 because I have to buy my kids sunscreen. I like 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.800 their sunscreen. I think it's quality. Like I'll use that, 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.200 but I'll go to racketson and get that five percent 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:02.120 cash back. You double dipping here all over it. You know. 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:06.400 You know the chrome plugin called Honey, and I use 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:09.520 that all. I will use all of the rewards. So 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:13.320 then it ends up being you get what seventy five 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.640 dollars worth of product for maybe fifty dollars at the 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.320 end of the day. You know, So you've got to 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.440 be really strategic. With like how you're going to be 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.680 spending your money? You quit your shopping addiction. I do 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.880 want to let people know. You know, I've been working 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.400 on E News and I've been doing my reports and 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.600 my reporting and stuff and like coming into the city 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:35.360 and everything I do, like the clothing subscription services. Just 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.320 for my situation, I was going to ask you, Okay, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.680 can I say a quick story, real quick? Please? Please see. 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.880 We had an international women's event at our offices a 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.040 couple of weeks back, and I'm sitting there with Randy. 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.240 I love her, one of our sales. I love Randy. 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:52.839 And I'm sitting there and I see somebody walk in. 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:54.920 I see a suit. I say, what the fuck is 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.640 in the suit? Randy? Who what is that? I see waves? 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.600 I see here all the hole, this fucking Carolina. I'm like, 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.120 that's gotta be some type of celebrity. Who didn't we book? 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:09.640 Oh stop it, you're c I sweaty. You look so good. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:14.600 You were floating. She had on like a cream colored suit. Yeah, 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.720 with the sea through body suit with the tis nice 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:22.040 and perky. That bitch making me look like shit today? 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.560 Well no, that suit is mine. But you know, you 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.040 know what, like the thank you. That is so sweet 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.760 of you. You're making me blush. God, Carolyn, I wish 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.719 somebody would have recorded because I was losing my mind. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:33.640 I said, you know who this bitches that's ow here 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.280 making me look so basic today? Oh stop it, you're 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:47.800 you talk to Carolina Clothing Subscription. Basically like I, I 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.400 go and do these shoots for E News and it's 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.319 like you can't be wearing the same thing all the time. Unfortunately, 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:55.400 that's a part of our industry. People will clown you 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.280 on social media, be like, oh what that that dress 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.800 is crusty? You wore that dress for you know, people 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.280 have fus savages, not that dresses crust Get the fuck 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.760 I washed it right? No, I know, that's what I'm saying. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.120 It's like, you know, because I have beautiful black dresses 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.559 that I could rewear repurpose, I really don't like to, 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.400 you know, use fast fashion. We talked about that last season. 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.840 So what I've found is that there are a lot 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.000 of different like clothing services that are out there. Now. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.200 You know, I've always loved Rent the Runway for those 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.280 one off pieces, like you're going to a wedding, Like 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.760 I don't want to spend a whole three hundred dollars 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.120 on a new dress. Personally, I don't. I don't have 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.840 the money to do that, you know. So because of 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.680 the frequency of me going out and doing all of 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.079 these things, I just figured like, I'm going to use 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:44.319 a subscription service and basically, like every month you get 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.520 new clothing, and there's a lot of them out there. 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.880 There's thread up, there's um oh gosh, what's the other 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.400 one that's escaping me right now? Stitch fix. So I 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:55.400 do think that you should be more open if you're 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.520 a person who likes variety and you're trying to save 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.880 that money. Some of these subscriptions costs like seventy dollars 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:05.400 a month, one hundred dollars a month, So think about it. 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:07.040 You'd been going to the store and spending one hundred 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.800 dollars anyway, but now you have that variety of clothing 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.800 and you don't have to like stay with it, you know, 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:17.200 especially if you're an influencer or your content creator. I 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.400 think that is an amazing idea. You create content and 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.200 you send that clothing right back to rent them Runway 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:25.800 hat Thun, thanks for the jacket, Yeah, thanks for the dress, 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.520 and they have all kinds of things. They have little blazers, 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.960 they have different pants, they have dresses. So and it 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.960 runs like from casual clothing to to like you know, 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.480 gowns and stuff like that. So I really would suggest that, 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:41.120 like and people think about they're like, well, I'm not 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.680 going to spend one hundred dollars on a subscription. You 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.280 would spend one hundred dollars at H and M Easy. 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:50.600 Even Target they have like the yoga pants. You grab 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.120 like four or five things in Target. You're thinking, you 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.840 it's cheap. It's not cheap even oh naby you four 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.760 little workout things. It's one hundred and something dollars. Well, 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:01.600 that's why I'm saying in these and some of these 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:04.960 subscription services even have that stuff now, the yoga pants, 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:06.520 and like, you know, I don't know how you feel 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.560 about it, but like they're they clean them. There's and 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.640 I also, the coochie juice is gone. Don't worry about it. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.920 I Am not trying to savor anybody else's juice. Baby, 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.200 I'm not laminating in that, but no, I just think that, 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.160 like this is such a great resource for people who 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.440 want to help the environment. You want to help your pocketbook, 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.840 and you want to help yourself because I do think 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.199 that clothing does lift you up sometimes if you pick 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.920 the right things, you know. And like you were mentioning 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.240 the suit that I wore, I got so many compliments 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.560 and it did make me feel wonderful, you know. But 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.640 it's like, now I have that suit in my closet, 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.600 how am I going to repurpose it? What am I? 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.800 You know? So this is just you give it to me. 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.840 That's how you're going to And you always are welcome 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.440 to anything in my closet, you know. It's something that 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:54.800 my friend suggested to me, Scottie. Scottie loves using circulars. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:56.560 Have you ever talked to Scottie be over at zero 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.360 one hundred. I know who he is. I've spoken to him, 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.880 but I don't know him, know him, babe. He's like, 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:05.760 he's like the coupon king. Really, I swear to you, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.040 he says, And I will admit I never do it. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.120 Like on Saturdays or Sundays, you know, when you get 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.280 that bunch of like newspaper stuff in the mail, I 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.640 never look at him. I always throw it away. He's like, no, 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.880 you need to go through the circular. Really, I always 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.560 say or kick it to the side and be like 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.160 these motherfucker right. He said that that's where you're going 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:28.160 to find out, like what meat is on sale that week, 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.840 so then you can stock up, or like if strawberries 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.160 are going to be two for one at a particular store, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.240 then you get them at that store. So there are 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.080 really like different ways where you you know what it is. 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.240 I think that you have to be aware. Listen, we're 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.080 talking about an era that we're in that we order 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.720 Uber eats carolina instead of actually cooking dinner. So it's 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.880 we have to pivot. I hate the word, but we 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.040 have to. Yeah, let's look at the circulars. Let's see 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.240 what's I'll saale like key food this week, and let's 0:14:56.280 --> 0:15:01.760 go pick up pivot to save them coins. And then 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:03.400 I mentioned it at the beginning of this. You know, 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.320 I told you anytime I go into the city, I 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.680 bring my own meals. I do meal plan and I 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.160 think you know this about me. And if you've been 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.720 listening to Life in Spanglish, you do know that I 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.440 am a meal planner. And I will tell you it 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:19.080 extends your groceries more than you could ever know. It 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.840 gets boring I'm not gonna lie. You know, you're eating 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.680 the same you know, I like, I'll do salmon, I'll 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.040 do salmon for like Monday Wednesday, and then I'll do 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:32.320 like chicken breast Tuesday Thursday. So I could see how 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.280 that could get bored. I've seen people and maybe having 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.320 like twenty tough of ways with the same meal. I'm like, wait, 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:37.720 hold on, so you're just don't eat the same shit 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.480 every day. I need a variety. But I could see 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.200 how it saves money. I know. Well, that's why it's 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:47.640 like my mom always says, no, you know, liked like you, 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.560 You've got to like very like have a variety, like, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.760 don't just go with the same. Like I made a 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:54.440 pot of chili. I Am not going to be having 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.560 chili every day because that is just not fair for anyone. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:02.200 It's like you no way, but I love me some chili. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.120 I ain't even gonna lie to you. No, I gotta 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.160 make you something now. Some of these on the what 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:07.840 did you like on the list? Because there was one 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:09.800 that I had a particular problem with, but go ahead. 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:17.600 Sephora quitting the Sephora addiction. Carolina. I spend so much 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:21.160 money in Sephora. And you know what I started to do. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.440 I started to go through my makeup. I had like 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:27.040 brand new lipsticks, brand new palettes. I'm like, why do 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.800 I just keep buying more eyeshadow? I can probably be 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.280 an eighty year old woman before I go through all 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.880 the eyeshadow palettes and lipsticks that I have. So this 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:39.640 one person said that they quit their Sephora addiction. You know, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.760 they finally realized that they barely used any of the 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.200 products that they buy. And that's me. That's me. I'm 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.480 not gonna have five Messcaras at the same time. I 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.440 had like y sel do your show this and that girl. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.880 I ran through them and now I have one Messcara 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.840 at a time, and trust me, I am saving a 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.160 lot of money. Sorry, Spoor, I love you, but I 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.320 gotta fall back off of you right now. Yes, So 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.960 Forre is no joke. And you know who I've been following. 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.600 I mean I've been following her forever, Bethany Frankel. Have 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:12.440 you seen what she's been doing with like the drug 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.040 Store Beauty. Have you noticed like that she's doing these 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:19.560 these commentary videos like like drug Store fines. I love 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.160 for her humanitarian work, but no, I have not been 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.639 seeing the videos. I gotta go people. So she's basically 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:30.000 calling a lot of these like cosmetic companies out and 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:32.960 saying like look for less basically but for makeup. So 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.000 she'll say like, was it worth the money? She did 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.879 drunk Elephant the other day and everything surprisingly, which, by 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.400 the way, I've heard drunk Elephant is amazing. I've never 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.400 used their process, but I've heard, yeah, I've heard it's 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.840 really quality and stuff. And so she tried it for 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.719 the first time with her daughter and she said, she's like, listen, 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.719 if you're wanting to spend the money on skincare, like 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.000 this one's legit. But then she tried like a different 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:56.840 brand that I won't say because I don't want to 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.840 trash them, and she was just like this is overpriced. 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.840 You're paying for the packaging and you're paying for the 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:06.240 look of this. But she's like, I got the same 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:10.040 effect using drug store makeup, So it's your choice whether 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.080 or not you want to pay for like the box 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.760 and the aesthetic of this. I gotta go find this 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.840 video because I am all about saving money this year. 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.800 I'm not gonna buying a house. Put me in a 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.680 whole different headspace. I'm like, oh no, I want to 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:25.919 get landscapers here for the spring. Let me not go 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:28.720 to Sephora, let me not shop online, let me save 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:33.840 my coins because now I'm prioritizing differently. Carolina, as a homeowner, 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.400 well as I'll tell you that landscaping bill is gonna 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.880 come in, it's gonna blow your money. I'm like, I'm 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.679 at privacy trees. I want trees that are circles. Honey, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.520 Oh my goodness, I want to swirl trees. I wanted 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.800 works now and I look out at my backyard and 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:51.640 sometimes I look at my husband. I'm just like, all 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.760 that money that we spent because you know it's seasonal, 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.160 and then they're gonna get you again because you've got 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.520 to clean up after the winter. That's a yearly bill. 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:03.000 Don't don't shout of my jeeves, Carolina, Babe, Babe, I 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:06.359 would tell you just budget the landscapers. I'm telling you 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.280 right now, because they will literally come and what it is, 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:13.000 it's just like mowing the lawn, putting in those trees, 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.359 the labor, all of that stuff. That's why I said 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:17.840 to mark the number one thing that we spent money 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:20.120 on when we first moved in. I said to him, 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:22.199 when they're out there, they need to build a garden 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.359 for me, because I want a garden, and that's another 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.920 way to save money during the spring. That's why I'm 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:28.800 at Carolina. So you're trying to say, maybe I should 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:33.520 build my own garden. One hundred percent, babe. It is 0:19:33.640 --> 0:19:37.800 one of the most gratifying, wonderful I look forward to 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:41.000 my time with the earthworms. Okay, they don't talk back. 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:45.680 They are They're out there just doing their job, helping 0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.159 me grow my produce so I don't have to go 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:50.600 to Whole Foods and spend all kinds of money on 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:54.520 tomatoes and cucumbers and zucchini. I really do. I have 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.960 a great garden, and it's taken years for me to 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:59.800 get there, but I love it. Did you just tell 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:02.360