Maximalist Life

Ep 40 - Bougie on a Budget

• Brianna Gamble & Tamika Stringfellow

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Episode Summary:

We’re spilling all our secrets on how to look expensive without maxing out your credit card — our fave tips for living that luxe life on a champagne budget.

💅 Press-on nails that look salon fresh for two weeks — $12–15 and zero small talk with the nail tech.
 🥂 Using gorgeous glassware for everyday drinks — yes, even water — because why not feel fancy 24/7?
💡 DIY upgrades like LED lighting and spray-painted furniture that scream designer without the price tag.
🛋 Scrolling Facebook Marketplace for hidden gems that are basically brand new but 80% off.
👗 Clothing rental services (Nuuly is our fave) for designer outfits without the commitment.
👜 Splurging strategically on leather bags, quality shoes, and great outerwear — and saving on those trendy “here today, gone tomorrow” pieces.
🍽 Plating your takeout on nice dishes so it feels like date night at home.
🧠 Tapping into the psychology of feeling bougie without draining your bank account.


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Speaker 1

Welcome to maximalist life . I'm your host , brianna , and I'm Tamika , and today we are talking how to be bougie on a budget .

Speaker 2

Yeah , cuz we're not rich bitches yet Nope , not yet , just medium On our way . Yeah , hopefully , yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yep , yep , ooh . But first of all , well , like when we start episodes , when we have like a silly question , okay , well , okay , I especially like when it's like if you were something yeah , if you were a bug , what would you be ? Oh no , not a bug . Would you be a ladybug ?

Speaker 2

oh , that's hella cute . That's hella cute . I'd be like the primantis , primantis primantis , primantis .

Speaker 2

Yeah , you know they like eat , the husbands like after they have sex or something scary damn , I didn't know that yeah I think something like that yeah , you're scary as fuck . Yeah , I don't want to be a spider . I actually don't want to be a spider . I actually don't want to be a bug . I would probably be a slug . A slug , I'll be a caterpillar . Then they turn into butterflies and they get to take a nap for a long time and they turn into something beautiful .

Speaker 1

Oh , that's great . Yeah , I love those . Yeah , yeah , well , my question I really wanted to know if you were a cocktail , a cock , a cocktail , what would you be when I uh , write cocktail .

Speaker 2

I want to do cock in all caps so that they say cock naturally yeah fun , uh-huh , um , which I had to write a couple times because of our dinner party and I wanted to put on the little invites to your family . Yeah , cocktail , oh good yeah , yeah , um what kind of cocktail , would you be ?

Speaker 1

I wish I had a cocktail right now . I don't have a drink today .

Speaker 2

I know you messed up I know , I know fucked it up yeah , you changed up your routine so you kind of don't really know what to do . Yet I was a little off , yeah , yeah , um , you know , I don't know what cocktail I think that I think I'm probably like one of those like crazy ones like sex on the beach or something , yeah , Because it's like everything's in there , uh-huh , and it's going to get you fucked up . You're a .

Speaker 1

Long Island .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , one of those . But I just want to be like a Memo , like you can have them early , you're fun , like you know mimosas all day , kind of thing . So like that's the one I would want to be . But yeah , I'm probably more of like a Long Island , a little bit of this , a little bit of that , no measurements , you're just kind of throwing it in .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I can see that it's just like crazy Might hurt your belly .

Speaker 2

you're just kind of throwing it in and just like crazy might hurt your belly . You might not wake up tomorrow yeah , I can see that yeah , that's probably me what about you ?

Speaker 1

I was kind of struggling on this one . I I feel like well , you don't really drink cocktails , I don't drink . Well , I usually only drink palomas that's like my go-to , that's's it .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I love me a good Paloma . I love .

Speaker 1

Mm-hmm . Yeah , I wish , okay . So I wish I was like a Paloma or like a spritz , Like something just like so light and like refreshing .

Speaker 2

It feels like sexy Summery Fun . Yeah , just carefree . Yeah , no , you're not , but that's not me . You got to be something heavy Like .

Speaker 1

I'm like an espresso martini . Okay Too , okay yeah , because I feel like I'm like bold .

Speaker 2

A little dramatic Because there's coffee in it . Mm-hmm , yeah , mm-hmm , mm-hmm .

Speaker 1

But yeah , and I'll just . I mean , I don't know , though , because those ones like , but also espresso martinis like . They fucking keep you up all night .

Speaker 2

And that's not me . What's your like ? Worst drink where you like , drank it too much ?

Speaker 1

when you were younger and then now you're just like you'll be , like I'll throw up if I have that Anything with vodka .

Speaker 2

Yeah , we used to do these lemon drops or like .

Speaker 1

Cosmo shots and .

Speaker 2

I drank so many of those before and I'm like lemon drop'm like lemon drop shots , lemon drop shots , and I swear to god I'll fucking throw up if I have any .

Speaker 1

Ew .

Speaker 2

Or like fireball Fuck that Ew .

Speaker 1

I'll die . Yeah , I do love me a good pickleback . That's my favorite . I'll fucking come .

Speaker 2

I just love those . Those are literally some Jameson , and with a pickleback I will . That's it for me . I just love those . Those are literally some Jameson , with a pickle back I will .

Speaker 1

That's it . I'm having that today , you know , and I'm surprised that I like that . It doesn't seem like something I would like . You like pickles though ? Yeah , I love pickles .

Speaker 2

Yeah , you know it's such a weird thing . It's either people love them or they hate pickles . There's not a lot of people that say , yeah , like I mean they're fine , like I get them on my sandwich sometimes and not sometimes . It's always like ew , they're disgusting , don't even put them next to me , or like I love them .

Speaker 1

Or like you , just , you just take a whole pickle in your hand and just be like chewing it . Yeah , you're just like chomping on it . You saw my little pickle zipper like bag that .

Speaker 2

I had I put on my thing . I saw it and I was like , oh my god , this little pickle bag , it's so cute , that's hella cute . Yeah , I love it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I love pickles . This is so random .

Speaker 2

Okay , what I just ?

Speaker 1

made me think of it , because we're talking about pickles , but there's a . Have you done like the pickle and the Christmas tree ? No , is it okay ? So it's a thing , okay , so I don't know . Now I'm going to say this and people are going to be like no , it isn't . I don't know if it's a German tradition , because my ex-husband is German . His mom's literally like from Germany .

Speaker 1

Okay , and it was like a tradition they always would do at Christmas and it's like a little pickle and sometimes it's like it's not a real pickle . I mean people used to finds it gets a prize or what . That is how we did it , but I don't know if that's how you're supposed to do it , do you like cucumbers . I love you . Okay , I was , I mean , when I was a kid , that was just like that was a cucumber .

Speaker 2

You know what I'll have ? Cucumbers ranch dip . Oh that you put in sour cream , just fucking dip it , yeah , yeah , I just love it . What a fatty I am . I'll just fucking eat that shit all day .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it's so good yeah it's like refreshing it is , and it's like a little crunch . Yeah , oh god , it's so good . I love pickles and cucumbers .

Speaker 2

Let's go have that for lunch just pickles and cucumber , nothing else yeah , I mean you probably could , yeah , yeah , cucumbers gross oh god , yeah , I mean so .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I feel like that's the kind of stuff that you eat when you're poor too , like we would just be .

Speaker 2

I mean , okay , wait which cucumbers do you buy ? Do you buy the english cucumbers or the regular regular . Oh , I buy english cucumbers every time you won't catch you won't catch a regular cucumber at my house . Oh my , I'll buy two english cucumbers .

Speaker 1

Wow , I love to just stock up on them .

Speaker 2

The cucumbers are disgusting when they get mushy , though .

Speaker 1

Yeah , and I don't like their skin at all . Oh me , neither , I'll throw up .

Speaker 2

Well , because some Okay . So I have had it where there is skin and it tasted fine , but you know , most of the time it just tastes waxy . Yeah , it's like rubber .

Speaker 1

Yeah , get out of here .

Speaker 2

That's why I like the English cucumbers too , because it never tastes like that . That's what's better .

Speaker 1

Hmm , yeah , my favorite kind of pickle are the gherkin pickles . They're like the baby ones that you put on charcuterie and they're like sweet . Oh , me too .

Speaker 2

Yeah yeah , because I like the butter chip ones . Oh yeah , oh Better . That's just like a bunch of corn syrup or something inside .

Speaker 1

You're just fucking eating it Any way . We can make this unhealthy . That's what we want . Yeah , yeah , yeah . That's yeah Delicious .

Speaker 2

I don't know if I like a spicy pickle .

Speaker 1

Well , you don't really like spicy anyway .

Speaker 2

But I like hot Cheetos and I don't really like spicy either . Like I enjoy the spicy flavor , I don't enjoy what it does to my body , Right ?

Speaker 1

Like the hurting of the mouth or my tummy or anything like that , but I like the flavor of spice , like if I could just have that without all the reaction I would be fine , not me . Oh , your tongue's going , yeah , it's like dying and I'm like it's not that fun , yeah , yeah , I like to have fun when I'm eating . Do you ever , ever have the pickles at disneyland ? No , actually I never did .

Speaker 2

Oh , people say they're delicious , really yeah , I just want a big old butter chip pickle , Because you know they only come little . If you get the pickle one , you're just sucking on it like a cock .

Speaker 1

I got a pickle , yeah , I got a pickle . I got a pickle . Hey , hey , hey .

Speaker 2

All right , I guess we're on pickle talk , All right , Okay , wait , yeah , I'm pickle talk . I did see this girl on TikTok and she went to one of those , like you know , they have , like the garlic festivals . Oh yeah , she went to a pickle one and she ate hella pickle shit .

Speaker 2

And she got home and she had full-blown allergic reaction to having too much pickle and her whole fucking face blew up . And she never was allergic to pickles before , she loved them , but she never had that many . And then she just fucking , she had to go to the hospital , uh-uh , for allergic reactions to her pickles . That sucks , that's so sad .

Speaker 1

Oh no , oh God , yeah , damn , and then anytime she goes to eat a pickle , she's going to have PTSD .

Speaker 2

Yeah , you got to take antihistamine . Great , yeah , perfect . Well , I hope you guys like pickles too , because that's what this episode is about Damn , yeah , a lot of pickle talk .

Speaker 1

Oh boy , yeah . So I mean bougie on a budget . Yeah , I like that . I like bougie on a budget because I feel like of course everyone likes nice things and you like to , you know , feel kind of fancy .

Speaker 2

But sometimes you don't really have the money for it , yeah , and it's kind of like whatever makes you feel good is fine , like people don't need to know , like I always thought too . Like if people have fake purses or they shop at dh gate or wherever they get it from , I'm like who cares ? Who cares ? I don't give a fuck . If your dior isn't really a dior , like that's fine , do whatever you want like if it makes you feel good and and all that .

Speaker 2

Who cares like ? So that specific thing when I think of bougie , bougie on a budget , I think of that . Sometimes I kept people having like fake things , like how about the laboo booth like craze right now ? I can't . First of all , I just got my laboo back , I sent it to the nail salon and it has nails on it . I cannot believe that she has long bougie-ass nails with jewels and gems and everything what the hell she looks crazy .

Speaker 1

I fucking love her .

Speaker 2

I cannot , I refuse to allow myself to get into this and you're going to put it on your purse and you're going to be like , oh my God , it's so cute .

Speaker 1

You know I thought like I even thought about .

Speaker 2

I was like we should get little team ones and they have like little pink door , hats and stuff , and then I was like don't , don't start , Don't fucking start with that Well , even my idea was for a content day was like , do a La Boo Boo boudoir session . Oh yeah , yeah , true , I mean the the here's the thing . Yeah , it's just a silly thing . But getting creative , like , like , making it their own is just so fucking cute to me . Like they're tattooing them and they're like making outfits for them and they're , you know , putting grills on them and they have little babies , yeah , the baby laboomers , or like they're putting lashes on them or whatever . I've seen the other one the other day . I see one where they were giving them bbls . That's crazy . They're cutting them open and giving them bbls . That's crazy . They're cutting them open and giving them bbls . Or I even saw one the other day they just put more stuffing in its ass .

Speaker 1

Yeah , they cut it right , they slid it right down the back .

Speaker 2

And then they yeah , and they put a little bit and they sewed it , and then they showed a picture of like the profile before and after oh my god and then I've seen people that do clip piercings for their lefufu . That's so far .

Speaker 1

I was like oh my God , that is going so far , inappropriate .

Speaker 2

And people just have a hell of them . It's hella cute , it's like something so stupid I mean , the world sucks a lot and it's like something so lighthearted , so silly , just to have . And you're just like , eh , whatever , and I even like getting okay . So , for example , I call them lafufus , some people call them la babies , like the fake ones . You know well the guys they shouldn't . Over here around the corner they got a bunch , right , I know they're fake because you know how you know they're fake . If they're cheaper than the , than when you buy them at the actual store , like the real pop mart , they can't be real , right ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , so I bought one and they I just , it was a little one , you know , because they don't really sell like these tiny ones , you know , and so I got it for Rihanna and she just loved it and she just carries her little LeFouFou and she had . I bought her a real LeFouFou too , and it's funny , though . The kids wear them , they put them , they put them on their belt hoops oh my god , that's cute , like carrying around their little baby . You know that's pretty , um , but yeah , whatever , if you want a lefufu , it's funny the little lefufus when they like um come fake and people's reactions to them , because some of them have like these huge foreheads , oh , like they're huge or like so they're just like fucked up in some way and people are always laughing and stuff and it's just so like stupid , but fun , funny , yeah that's fun .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I like that how you're saying just getting so creative with it and just like it's just for fun people are doing like lip .

Speaker 2

They're pretending they're doing like lip filler . So then they like draw them on and it's got these big old lip like I mean .

Speaker 1

It's unbelievable the things that people are doing .

Speaker 2

It's crazy , crazy and I'm just like , yeah , it's a little fun thing we all can just like talk about and we see each other and we're like oh , it's cute , or whatever .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , yeah . So if you have a little lafufu , or a lababy , whatever you call it .

Speaker 2

That's fine . Who cares ? Who cares ? Yeah , yeah . Then you feel like on the crowd too , what does it matter ? Yeah , and if people are going oh my god , you're a little foo-foo , go fuck yourselves what ?

Speaker 1

yeah , don't talk to those people . Yeah , I can't believe that my , uh , my favorite way to be bougie on a budget is my press on nails .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I love my press on nails because , let me tell you , some people get them to me .

Speaker 1

I get some for a dollar on sheen yeah , I didn't know that they were on there , so she told me yeah because I was buying . So I mean , my favorite brand of press on nails is glamnetic , and they have so many different colors and I like them online or they're in store they're at ulta , okay , I don't know .

Speaker 1

I mean , I don't know if they're any , I'm sure they're somewhere else , like target or something . Yeah , I mean , they have them at Ulta for sure , but then you could order them even on Amazon , okay , yeah . And I wanna say they're like , depending on which ones you get , they're between like 12 to like $15 or something a set . And then how long does it last , you ?

Speaker 2

I mean mine will last me two full weeks . That's pretty good , I think to me is about a week . But she likes to switch it out and then sometimes I mean she gets compliments all the time with her nails , like people say it all the time like , oh my god , I love your nails , blah , blah , um . And yeah , I mean maybe if I didn't , I don't know , I , I you , I couldn't you you too rough with your nails , I'm rough with my nails . Uh , I mean not purposely rough , but yeah .

Speaker 2

I don't know what it is that I just feel like I don't know . I am kind of rough and I just can't be bothered if , like it comes off , it's so annoying .

Speaker 1

It's really annoying .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I would literally want to die . But also if it's just quick and you just put it back on who gives a shit like I would be able to like quickly .

Speaker 1

Yeah , like , okay , I will say the thing that sucks is like if it comes off , like if you just go and like because I used to just like try and glue it right back on . No , it'll come right back off . Yeah , you have to like like file off the glue and then do it again so it's like when I put them on though , I mean when it lasts me two weeks , it's because I'll take some time . I mean it takes me like 30 minutes .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

It's not like yeah , a hell of a long , yeah , it's still shorter than a nail appointment . Yeah , and my nail appointments are two hours . Fuck , yeah , yeah , I want to die and I just take the time and get it and do it right and find my nails , did it Whatever . And I did order . I ordered a bunch on Shein . I haven't tried them yet , but I might just use my Glamnetic glue with them and see yeah , yeah .

Speaker 2

So yeah , I mean , if I didn't Get my nails done , I would definitely like if I didn't have a girl .

Speaker 1

Yeah .

Speaker 2

And I wanted to have like crazy nails like I do . I would probably do that , and I mean , I feel like I kind of already know how to do nails because I guess technically I can do nails , yeah , so I feel like it would be so easy for me it would be easy . Yeah , pretty quick .

Speaker 1

I mean , the reason I started doing them too is because you know I'm like allergic to acrylic nails . Which fucking sucks .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

So then , like I feel like I can't really do cute ones , I only could do like the dip , which is fine , but I just don't like it as much . And then I feel like I only could do boring stuff , and then I don't want to pay extra to do all the designs and whatever , and so then it's just so much cheaper .

Speaker 2

And I think during COVID , a lot of people started doing their own nails and like people started doing like their own gel X and people got really good at like doing their own nails and like doing all these designs and you know and learning all that . And so now people do just do like full nails by themselves . And I think that's what I would do too if it was me and I was going into it , like , oh okay , I'm gonna start doing like a press-ons . I would do too , if it was me and I was going into it , like , oh okay , I'm going to start doing like a press ons , I would probably because I'm crazy like start designing my own nails like painting them , putting the jewels on gems , all that kind of stuff , and then just having like my own Right , and then I would just put them on myself .

Speaker 2

But that way I wouldn't have to like I of doing like Gel-X , like on my own hands and stuff . I wouldn't do that I just design all these press-on nails and then just put them on my fingers , yeah , yeah , and I think that looks cool and people can't tell . And the thing with press-on nails you can switch them out all the time if you want for different events , like you know , within the week if you wanted to .

Speaker 2

Yeah , and they're pretty easy to take off , but so I don't know I really like it . Um one thing that I saw I've seen lately um , I was just talking to my lash tech about this . Um , so you know , people always have done like people do the lash extensions , yes , and then people do , uh , the cluster lashes right where it goes underneath . And then you know , and it's just like maybe like three lashes put together and they put them on underneath and then they stay for like a week and then you know they redo it .

Speaker 2

Well , on TikTok I've seen people do there are cluster lash techs , what so ? People are going in just like extensions and doing cluster lashes , Hmm , and they're saying it lasts two weeks and they're saying they pay $50 . Interesting , which isn't . I don't feel like $50 is that much cheaper than individual , Than lash extensions , yeah , than doing lash extensions . It's not that much cheaper . Yeah , I guess it depends how . Like then doing lash extend it's not that much cheaper , yeah , I guess it depends . Like for your fills , like $50 really isn't to me , Like you know , for another $50 or $40 or $30 . I mean , I know some people charge $70 for their fills .

Speaker 2

You know so it's like that's not that much cheaper and but so the lash texts are making a lot of money . She was talking about it specifically , and it was the lash techs are making a lot of money .

Speaker 2

She was talking about it specifically and it was the last check that posted it she was like , um , every appointment's 30 minutes , she makes 50 , and then maybe tip , maybe not , and then they come in every two weeks . And then on top of that she sells the glue . And then like you're looking at this tiktok , so then you might buy the glue because you're just going to try this at home . Because she's saying like , oh , her lash retention is two to three weeks , and so then you're like , oh , I could do this at home . So now she's making money off the glue . And then also like good business model , but also like you just are there someone just putting like six lashes on you and you paid fifty dollars for that ? No , fuck , that that's crazy to me .

Speaker 2

I couldn't believe it I asked my lash girl and she was like , yeah , it's kind of like a newer thing where these women are doing this , and I'm like damn . But I did notice that maybe a lot of those because some people were like , oh , do you have to have a license to do this ? And in a lot of the comments they were like depends on the state . So like yeah , I guess maybe in some places you don't even have to have your cosmo or stuff , and then you're just doing that you're just putting glue near people's eyes , perfect .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I don't think I'm gonna do that .

Speaker 2

I think I'm gonna stick with my lash lady but I can see like that's like bougie on a budget , you're doing your cluster lashes and yeah for I mean the cluster lashes at home for sure .

Speaker 2

I mean , you could just change those out every week , have a fresh , you know look every week paying for extensions yeah , I mean , I've thought about that , like if , whenever I like stop doing lashes or whatever , I would go the cluster lashes , I think , just to have them on there , and then I pay practically nothing . I'll never stop . It's the appointment time for me , like it's just having it and being there for an hour with your eyes closed with your eyes doing anything at least in my nail appointment I could do stuff . I've taken meetings , blah blah , but it's the eyes closed thing that kills me yeah , it fucking sucks .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , um . So yeah , for I don't know for me like doing stuff okay . So like we're talking bougie on a budget , like okay , it could mean like you're getting kind of like you said knock off stuff or whatever , but also it could just be doing things to like make you feel bougie , yeah . And so like I like to do stuff , like I think I had mentioned it maybe on one of our earlier episodes , but like I always put regular drinks in like fancy cups or I'll just drink stuff out of like wine glasses or like little cocktail glasses .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

When it's just fucking sparkling water or something .

Speaker 2

It just makes you feel different , Like ooh yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah . And a lot of times too , like even if I like I'll door dash food to my house and stuff . I just feel so much better . I take all the food out , I put it on a plate and then I dump my drink in like a glass . So it's just like it feels more like it's not like I'm just eating fast food or whatever , or whatever I had ordered .

Speaker 2

you know like tricking yourself yeah , I'm sure you might like . Oh , look at my fancy dinner .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , I love to do that . Yeah , that's good . That's how I like to do , bougie , uh-huh , my house prepared meals instead of uh door dashing yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah . I mean , you know , and I have talked about my hella fresh stuff before and even that because you know I'm not a cook and I don't really enjoy like looking up recipes and like or like testing out recipes .

Speaker 1

I'm like I don't , I don't want to do all that yeah and so having it just delivered to my door where it's like here's the recipe , everything's already measured , all you gotta do is fucking follow the directions and then , but then I feel like , oh look , I'm cooking this like little fancy meal but , really like I didn't do anything , right . Yeah , yeah , that's kind of nice .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , yeah those are kind of like things where it's like just makes your life feel like oh .

Speaker 1

I have a like . It gives you a little like level up a little upgrade .

Speaker 1

Yeah , yeah , I like that yeah , and I like to do it with . The other thing I have is like in my kitchen , like living room area , I have like all the lights , you know those like little LED strip lights that you can put and people put them behind their TVs and whatever . I just have them on my cabinets and stuff in the kitchen and then I like it because I like to keep my lights pretty low most of the time . I hate overhead lights . It just like gives me a headache and so then I have those . It's kind of like glowy , yeah , and then there's always like like a little light on in the kitchen at all times and I feel like it seems fancier , yeah , but really they're just from amazon oh yeah , they're so fucking cheap yeah , yeah , yeah , super easy , and I mean I want to put them .

Speaker 2

You know , people put them everywhere , like I said , yeah , I've seen that they like line the bottom of their cap , the bottom of the cabinets , the bottom . Yeah , yeah , yeah .

Speaker 1

I want to do that , but I haven't done that yet . Yeah , but yeah , they're so cheap .

Speaker 2

There's a little strip lights yeah , they're probably like 12 dollars . You literally just have like sticky on the back .

Speaker 1

You just pull it off and then just stick it wherever you want . It's so .

Speaker 2

I love it yeah yeah , it just looks fancy but it's really not . I know I see so many videos , like on tiktok , where like , oh , it shows like this fancy thing , but they're like , okay , you just get this from amazon . Like , uh , the drapes that like open up and close , like automatic ones , where you're like , oh god , I have to get the blinds guy out here to install them . It's going to be thousands of dollars , but really you could just order them on amazon and then just have your little remote and just like opens and closes , and it's amazing , that's fucking .

Speaker 1

I need that . Yeah , me too .

Speaker 2

I want that in my room , but I just , I don't know , I don't have time for that oh , you know , I just thought of , uh .

Speaker 1

So when I moved into my new house I was trying to do my decor and whatever and I had worked with Catherine , you know , a designer . So she was like and I had done kind of a DIY thing with her that she does where it's like . She comes in she like helps you figure out your space and then she makes , like gives you links for all the stuff that you want , and but then you just buy the stuff and put it together yourself or whatever . So I had done that with her and one of the things I really wanted was this like it was kind of like a maroon or like it was more more like a little more brown than maroon , but anyway like a coffee table and it was kind of funky and she had found one I want to say it was like $400 or something , which I was like meh , and then I mean $400 isn't a lot , but I still was like you know .

Speaker 2

I'm just trying to get everything cheap , like limit , like when you know they're like budgeting stuff like that because I was trying to get hell of shit for this house , right .

Speaker 1

I was like come on , and then it was sold out , sold . I kept like trying to order , it kept being sold out and then it was like on back order for like six months or something ridiculous . I'm like are you kidding ? So I was trying to look and find other ones and I only found another similar one . It was like $1,200 and I was like , okay , what if I did so ? Then I just went on Amazon and I just looked for a similar shaped table . It's like a abstract shaped table or whatever and it only comes in white , but it was only like a hundred and twenty dollars , so I just got that . And then I went and got some like maroon and brown spray paint at Ace Hardware and spray painted it . Perfect , and it was so cheap and I fucking love that table .

Speaker 2

Yeah , love it , and people always comment on it .

Speaker 1

They're always like oh my God , this is so cute . I'm like thanks , I just spray painted it .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , and it's like it looks like the $1,200 table , but like I'm not spending that , I know I'm on a coffee table Furniture is so expensive and furniture to me is like shoes , where , like , it's just wear and tear . Yeah , and you get tired of it and you wanna swap it out .

Speaker 2

It's hard for me to spend money , also because for us , like it needs to be like useful , yes , like I would love just this beautiful couch in my house and all this stuff and small little like open . But I'm like things that that would never function well in our house , and so I have to have like a whole different thing and I'm just like , yeah , I hate it , but it is what works so well for us and that's .

Speaker 2

It's just like sucks fuck yeah , it does I know I just like , love it and I want to buy like nice stuff , but it's just like it's not worth it for me . I know , yeah , I know , yeah , I got .

Speaker 1

Honestly , I got most of my stuff on amazon and a lot of the stuff for the studio I get on amazon and people are always like oh my god , that's so cute .

Speaker 2

I know literally on amazon . They always ask us and I'm like it's on Amazon for less than $100 . Just buy it , it's not a big deal .

Speaker 1

You have to like Google or look on Amazon for like specific things , mm-hmm .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's like going to Ross . You've got to kind of search and like compare .

Speaker 1

And like it's , like you're digging through shit yeah it's like you're thrift store box .

Speaker 2

Yeah , Just find all your dupes , and then you'll find some shit in there , yeah , yeah , or you just have to DIY it , yeah , and then like , with stuff like that , I mean you could go on the Facebook market , yes , yeah , I buy hella shit from .

Speaker 1

Facebook market . You do , you get some good stuff yeah .

Speaker 2

I mean , that's where find anything anywhere . And even I had another friend she asked me about . She's like where can I get these little boobas legit ? And I have one girl that I buy it from . Oh , yeah , yeah , andrew's like you're paying all that bitch's bills . Yep , buying all her .

Speaker 2

Yeah , exactly , I go , that's fine , I don't care I know that they're real from her and I want them to look a certain way , so let me just get them from her . Okay , just leave me alone , because what I'm not doing is standing in line for from 10 pm no to the next morning at 5 am . I'm not fucking doing . That that's crazy . That's not gonna happen .

Speaker 1

No , ever I would never do that . Yeah , fuck that for anything .

Speaker 2

I wouldn't do that for anything , nothing I'm trying to think what I ever , what things that that I've stood in line for . We stood in line for Britney Spears one time Hell or early in the morning . Okay , worth it . That's really it . I mean I used to do the shopping thing when it was open yeah , when it used to open up at 5 am , not when it was at midnight .

Speaker 1

Yeah , fuck off , it's still Thanksgiving . Yeah , I used to do it too . Macy's would open like 5 am , not when it was like at midnight , like like 15 years ago , thanksgiving .

Speaker 2

Yeah , um , yeah , I used to open at 5 am , like macy's would open at 5 am , and so I would do that , but you know what ?

Speaker 1

I never did it , because there was anything I actually wanted to buy for fun . I was like I just , I everyone's out here at four to five in the morning . Yeah , let's go . We're always like drinking hot chocolate . Yeah , we're so excited .

Speaker 2

Yeah , I just I did the midnight thing , I think , one time , where I went out with joellen she loves that and then I was like I don't need anything . The thing is , I end up buying more stuff for myself than like christmas presents , so I didn't really need to do any of that . So I was like I'm gonna buy everything online . Yeah , I mean , I buy most of my christmas present , christmas presents , online . You , I can't be digging for shit .

Speaker 1

No .

Speaker 2

Like I'm not going to the store to find this one thing that I need to have . I'll just look for it online and buy it online .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I rarely go to stores .

Speaker 2

in general , I don't even grocery shop , I just Instacart everything .

Speaker 1

Yeah , hellofresh .

Speaker 2

DoorDash . I really hate Instacarting food though . Like I know it's convenient , but like I need to go there and get the things for myself .

Speaker 1

I don't like it , I don't even care .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's because you're not a cook , right ? I mean I'm not a cook , but it's because you don't really cook . I don't care about it .

Speaker 1

Yeah , i'm're like , oh , they didn't have , it was out of this .

Speaker 2

I'm like , meh , I'm all right and the way that we cook which is really bad , is like we plan the meal and then so if they don't have that and then you like they didn't have that meat , then I'm like now I have all these groceries and I don't have the meat to like cook this food . That is really annoying so it sucks .

Speaker 1

But then , like yesterday , Drew was like three grocery stores and I'm like , no , not doing that either , just to have nachos that's what we had yesterday , and we had to go to three fucking grocery stores .

Speaker 2

I'm so good right now but it was fucking delicious , yeah , I bet , yeah , I hope so .

Speaker 1

Three stores worth of chocolate , yeah it was so good .

Speaker 2

It's like why you need to go three stores for some nachos . Yeah , well , it's because he went to the mayan market . Which man ? They have the best fucking food . It's hella good mexican food . Uh-huh , it's so good , like they have , and you just can bring it home and then you can put on your damn white plates or whatever and have it and pretend like you cooked it . It's so good , yeah , yeah I love doing that .

Speaker 1

Yeah , also even um Bentley and I like , even , just like how we plate our meals whenever we do cook like he likes to do some fancy plating , because you know we watch cooking shows yeah , yeah , yeah and so he loves to like , try some fancy plating stuff , yeah .

Speaker 1

And then also he likes to go like he gets it all ready , plates it up . And then he likes to go like he gets it all ready , plates it up , and then he likes to bring like he doesn't want me to get up and go , he wants to , like bring it to me at the table or the couch , and then he wants to tell me what it is , what I have here for you today is , and then he wants to tell me all this stuff and then he makes it feel like we're at a restaurant .

Speaker 2

Yeah , cute , and it's like so much , make a plate for dinner . I don't sit down , I barely make a plate . I really oh yeah , I don't . I can't be bothered . I don't want to like sit down and do this whole thing . I want to . All the time they're like , did mommy , did mommy even make a plate ? And I was like nope , or sometimes I'll go like yep , I say just try to eat really fast . I'm like over it .

Speaker 1

Hmm , yeah , it's not like a thing for me , which is so weird , because you like cook and spend all this time doing this and then just to not even like sit and enjoy it .

Speaker 2

I mean , I enjoyed it , it was delicious On the go , but you have like a weird thing with your food . Well , yeah , yeah , I mean , you like have to have the fork and you're such a slow eater and you like pick at it , and it's almost like what's happening here me and Gabby were talking about this like there's times where I'm like if I can't just be at home and like have my all my stuff , I'd rather just not eat at all I'm just like nope okay sometimes I'm just like I can't , I know , and sometimes I have to have like specific drinks for like ?

Speaker 1

yeah , no , I just need to like eat my food . But the thing is like , yeah , I do like to specific drinks for like what I'm eating ?

Speaker 2

Yeah , no , I just need to like eat my food . But the thing is like yeah , I do like to cook , but like day-to-day . Typically we just eat like a meat , a vegetable , and like they have rice or whatever . I never eat the carbs or whatever . So it's like oh , I'll just , I do .

Speaker 1

Yeah , you do , I like that . Yeah , I want to have a whole situation . Yeah , I don't want to do that .

Speaker 2

And like I don't really want to like talk at dinner and just like do all these things Like it's like , come on , I'll sit on the couch while everyone else is eating and then we'll just like , but my stuff is pretty close to each other .

Speaker 1

So if talking , if you're on the couch , right , yeah , so it's like we're still like all talking or whatever . We usually sit on a couch for dinner . Yeah , I mean , we are watching TV , like we always watch Modern Family . We're like talking throughout it and say like there might be something on , but we're still talking , yeah . I'm not like I don't feel bad , like I see you so guilty , like we should be sitting at the table .

Speaker 2

I mean that's fine if people want , I get that too . I think it's different when you have really small children too , like we're all adults , we can just say and talk and whatever , and we all kind of eat . I mean we eat at the same time-ish , but within five or 10 minutes after or before each other .

Speaker 2

Like Drew , I don't know if this happens with you , but when you cook , you're like I don't want to eat anything , oh . When cook , you're like I don't want to eat anything , oh . When it's like stressful , or it's just like you finish cooking , you're just like I don't even want to look at all this food . Yeah , so that happened like . That is like a thing every time . So it's like you , just if you cooked all the food or whatever , you just like sit down , you're like I don't you .

Speaker 2

Typically , I mean when they say the chef eats last so you're typically like the last person to eat , or whatever and then I just come in and storm it and just eat a little bit Storm in . Yeah , cause they try to have the food ready for me as soon as I walk through the door from work . That's so nice . Yeah , cause I'm like where's the food ? I'm hungry , yeah , and they're like okay . So they try to text me throughout the day Like okay , how's your day going ? Like how long till you get home ?

Speaker 1

You know all this stuff , or else I'm like freaking out . Yeah , I know . The only thing that happens when I cook is like if bentley is not available to eat immediately when it's done . I'm pissed , oh , because I'll tell him exactly what time , like it's gonna be exactly it'll be ready at 6 pm on the dot . So don't get into a match , don't go play your video games .

Speaker 1

And then you're like , oh , I'm in the middle of the match and lol , I don't give a shit , I'll unplug your computer right now . Oh , I'm not going to wait , I'm not going to sit here and let this food get cold and then , nope , I just cooked you dinner Like get your ass down here yeah . So that's my thing when .

Speaker 2

I cook where .

Speaker 1

I go nope , we're eating , right fucking now .

Speaker 2

Yeah , for us . And they come with , like I said , within five , ten minutes , and then Monette's always like did you eat already ? She already knows that I'm like yep , I ate , I'm sitting here , I'm like , yeah , I ate , that's so funny .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I don't know , just like little things . Like little stuff around the house that kind of feel like fancier about , or just yeah , like the type of like I got new silverware because I had kind of like this I had regular like silver silverware and I really wanted gold . I wanted them to be like gold stuff . And then also I had kind of , like you know , over time you have some like mismatched silverware and I was like you know , I'm like getting rid of all this shit .

Speaker 1

So I got rid of all my silverware , I got all new set , everything's matching and gold and it matches my plates and stuff and I just feel like this is fancy as fuck you know when I I okay .

Speaker 2

So when I had my birthday dinner , yes , and you know , usually at my parties and stuff we just everything's like convenient , like as a before I would like do all these things and but now it's just like whatever's convenient for like cleanup or whatever . So you know , usually you come over you might have a red cup or whatever you know . So I was like I really want to do like wine glasses . And then I thought like , okay , I'll just do plastic wine glasses , that , because the thing also is like I'm not trying to store hella shit , right . So then I was like , okay , I'll rent them .

Speaker 2

And so then I looked up renting them and they were like I don't know like maybe almost two dollars a glass or something to rent them . And then I was like , fuck , how I don't want to spend two dollars a glass on these , right to rent . Yeah . So I mean I was only I only had to get like 30 , but that was just like . But then they were like , okay , you , just one of the things after was like okay , I mean you have to put them back and make sure they're not broken too , right , like all that .

Speaker 2

So then I just looked on the facebook market and someone was selling them for like half the price for all 30 damn so I just like picked them up and I was like I guess I'm gonna fucking store these but , yeah , but I was like half the price and then like we all had real wine glasses , because here's the thing too . What I was looking at is plastic wine glasses are more expensive than to rent . Oh , they were like it was going to be like 85 for like 30 .

Speaker 1

What , yeah , for like the pack that you would have to get on amazon I didn't have the research and because it's like if you get the cheaper ones , those are the ones that have the stems that are in half , yeah , and then they always the bottom falls off .

Speaker 2

yeah , so I was like no , and then I was like , okay , I'll rent them . And then I finally just bought them . It was was so much cheaper on Facebook Market and then I felt like it was so much better , like I don't know about so much better , but to me I liked it at the party .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I think so . We just had regular glasses and stuff . Yeah , it feels so much nicer and we just have it , but yeah now you have to wash them all .

Speaker 1

Yeah , but I think you have to do stuff like that , like you have to research stuff , you have to see , because sometimes things seem cheaper , but then you're like is it cheaper ? Right , do it that way , because now you not only got those cheaper , uh , than like renting , but then also now you have them , so every party you can use them and so you're getting so much more use one of the things my brother-in-law told me a long time ago was either it's cheap and it's hard , or it's expensive and it's so easy .

Speaker 2

So you just like have to think about it like that . It can't be fucking expensive and hard , absolutely not , right you can't , you can't have that .

Speaker 1

What I heard is everything is can is either cheap , fast or quick . You can pick two . It can never be all three .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's never going to be all three I don't want to pay hella money , and then it's like so overwhelming . Yeah , I hate that . Yeah , yeah , please don't do that for me .

Speaker 1

Yeah well , and that's why . That is why , like , you invest in things that to make shit easier yeah , yeah , whatever yeah , so even , like you know , I mean even clients who come to us like and they spend like , maybe they spend a lot of money on their branding photos or whatever , but it's because , like , we're helping them plan the whole thing , we're doing their makeup and hair , we're helping them with the outfit yeah , they don't have to think about it not to do anything , yeah , whereas if you just like , diy your branding photos or you go to a photographer who's just going to take the photos , it's cheaper , but it's a lot of work , so you have to pick .

Speaker 2

Yeah , yeah , it kind of sucks Sorry .

Speaker 1

Also , you know , renting clothes .

Speaker 2

Yeah , rent the runways .

Speaker 1

Rent the runways .

Speaker 2

Mm-hmm .

Speaker 1

Like we rent the runway . Yeah , because like on Newly , it's like we can rent stuff from free people and all these anthropology . Yeah , and so it's like you can wear nice clothes and you're not spending money .

Speaker 2

Yeah because I mean you go on Anthro and you're spending at least $250 .

Speaker 1

For like a dress .

Speaker 2

Yeah .

Speaker 1

Yeah , just anything .

Speaker 2

Yeah , even if you buy like two shirts . Yeah it , anything , yeah , even if you buy like two shirts . Yeah , it's like what the fuck ? When I first started buying from Anthro a while ago , I would , because it was expensive . I allotted myself $2.50 a season .

Speaker 2

I would buy one like one item that was like $2.50 . And so I would have like something kind of nicer in my closet that was like a staple . And so every season I would do that and I would kind of like look through everything and just take my time to buy one thing , because I was like , of course I want to buy five things , you know but , I , was like I'm allowing myself , like a 250 budget , to buy something from like anthro or wherever it was like that was just like one staple piece that I could have in my closet .

Speaker 2

But now , now that I have Nuuly , I don't have to do that .

Speaker 1

Yeah , so you just pay . How much do I pay ? I think it's like $100 .

Speaker 2

It's $100 and .

Speaker 1

I get six pieces , yeah , and then you can add extras for $20 . $20 each .

Speaker 2

Yeah , it's pretty cheap .

Speaker 1

Yeah , I like it , you're not buying a shirt or anything .

Speaker 2

I mean .

Speaker 1

That's what's nice too is then you're like constantly having you have new stuff all the time in your wardrobe . Yeah , if you're renting , yeah , you're not just like spending money and then wearing the same shit all the time , right , yeah , so it's a lot better . Um , yeah , I don't . I .

Speaker 1

Um , as far as clothes go , I mean I do typically spend really nothing , like I just like to buy cheap stuff . Yeah , because I get sick of it also , so off , like so quickly , I get sick of things and so I understand . It's like you know you should invest more in like the staple pieces for your wardrobe , but right now I'm not at that point . Yeah , also , too , because I've been losing weight and I don't want to buy stuff .

Speaker 2

And then if I lose weight or I don't know , so I think there's stuff that you could spend like shoes . There's like expensive shoes that I like to like . I like to buy more quality . Like boots , typically yeah , Because I know like that's something that's important . Like those are going to be like more of the all-weather stuff that I need to buy in boots and stuff and they'll last long yeah , it'll last a long time , uh . Or like coats , I think that you know spending a little bit more money on coats so that they're like good quality coats . If you want , like if you have a leather jacket that you think you're going to like , okay , this is going to be like I'm going to have this for a long time , Having like a real leather jacket and spending the money instead of one that just looks chewed up after like a year .

Speaker 2

Chewed up and you're like I really like this style , but it looks fucked up . Yeah , fucked up , yeah , you know , one of the things I want to buy is a suede jacket , but man I want to buy one for drew so bad , but they're like a thousand dollars , holy shit .

Speaker 2

yeah , like a really nice suede one and I'm just like well , but sometimes , like you know , I mean I just bought him 300 sweats for father's day . That's so ridiculous . So you know that and I think those are kind of things that I feel like makes . I mean , $300 sweats are expensive , but like he'll have those for years , he better Mm-hmm , mm-hmm , yeah . And they're like sweats to go out , Like he's not lounging at home in those sweats , Gotcha .

Speaker 2

They're like sweats that he needs to like go Like a leisure kind of he needs to be somewhere . You're not going to be home with your wine spilling on your sweats and shit like he does , but it's like sometimes you can't buy him anything nice to lounge in . He'll just like spill on him . Jesus , I know and I don't know why he makes a mess all the time .

Speaker 1

Yeah , it's like you got to pick and choose . Yeah , like pick a couple things Unless you're rich and you can have yeah , fuck it yeah . But , for the rest of us peasants just pick one or two things that you want to spend money on and then the rest like who cares ?

Speaker 2

Just so cheap . Yeah , like I think some people where they feel like bougie or whatever , they spend a lot of money on their car payments and cause they want to have really nice cars , cause it just feels like , especially with someone that might spend a lot of time in their car , you know whatever and they're just like , yeah , I feel hella , bougie every time I get my car and it feels good for me and I'm willing to spend you know eight hundred or a thousand dollars on .

Speaker 2

You know a car payment and that's okay for me , you know . Um , it's funny because we like kind of deal in a family like that likes cars a lot and spends a lot , and I'm always like I can't believe you guys spend this much money on cars and where drew and I are like we never want to have more than like a 500 car payment no and these fuckers are spending like top dollars on their car payment I'm like you guys are fucking nuts I can't believe that but they love it , they love their cars , they like , you know , the thing is , is drew's not really into cars ?

Speaker 2

I think that's why , too , you know , drew's pretty low , low maintenance , um , so he's not really into cars or anything . So I think that's why he's like , oh , my god , like , yeah , I like nice cars , or whatever , obviously . But yeah , I mean , do what makes you feel good too , like you know , if that's what makes you feel good and you're okay spending that 800 a month , then do it . Who cares ?

Speaker 1

yeah , you just have to , you're okay spending that $800 a month , then do it . Who cares ? Yeah , you just have to prioritize whatever the things that you value , and then everything else doesn't need to be . Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah . I feel like there's so many things like there's so many things you could do to like , feel kind of bougie , feel fancier , and not spend a lot of money .

Speaker 1

Uh , and there's so many ideas out there now , especially with TikTok , pinterest , like you could find so many ideas on this stuff yeah , so yeah , just check them out , and then I want to know , like I want to know , what people are choosing to splurge on and nowadays , because everything's so fucking expensive , like what .

Speaker 2

What are we doing ?

Speaker 1

yeah , tell us , I want to know it's hard , yeah , tell us what things you splurge on and what things you choose to save on . I'm interested to know yeah , um , yeah , hit us up on our instagram at maximalist life podcast and we'll see you guys next time . Hope you're having fun . Tits up , dicks out .