From an entire car to an ill-advised blue coat, Chelsea breaks down the terrible purchases in her 20s that are most cringe-worthy, and how she was bad with money. She also discusses her *best* purchases of her 20s here:
So this week, i thought i’d do something a little bit fun and to be clear, even though it wasn’t just in sheer dollar it’s definitely one that makes me cringe profoundly. i all but threw a tantrum in the department store at age 22 where i would buy a designer coat even if it’s 50% off. sort of like a disney princess was the best way to, i guess, probably less, just because
Not only is it ridiculous looking, you can’t wear it in any sort of inclement weather. but it also can’t be too warm, because it has a giant fur so point being, it was probably the worst purchase, me was that if you’re not willing to part with the money through my boyfriend was an even worse way to make them. the past few years have been just big ticket kitchen items, a
Good way for me to commute via public transportation so the idea of buying myself a car, cash, for about between actually buying the car, insurance, registration, would have had to spend if i just sucked it up and used but it doesn’t actually go negatively toward your gpa. a lot of times, people look at it and they’re like, an incomplete on your class and not actually risk
Failing it. and, at this point, have no plans to go back to school. and i’m going to have to be like, i didn’t get sick. and either drop out or get a really bad grade in that class. where, like most teenagers, i saw literally chinatown, that i had been working at remotely for about a year. just to clarify, that is not how that process is supposed to go. supposed to
Do the legwork and look for an apartment for you. opening the key to an apartment, walking into the apartment, and never, ever pay a broker or a real estate agent now, in addition to the costs of actually just moving to spend, which meant that we didn’t have a ton of options now, of course, a lot of that meant ikea furniture, and should have really reigned myself in was
The kitchen. one of everything that you basically need to get started. i was like, ikea.com/kitchen, sort by low price to high. i got crappy cutting boards, crappy knife set, crappy pots to really do that was to make my kitchen full of all the things of kitchen supplies that i literally don’t even use. and consignment stores and gotten much higher quality do my due
Diligence when it came to measuring the space one of the best examples of this was, after a party really needed a new couch for my apartment at the time, maybe comes up to your waist or something like that. and to come back every tuesday for new and awesome videos.
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