Before I interviewed You're So Money author Farnoosh Torabi, I asked her to keep a spending diary for a few days, so we could compare her philosophy with her own habits. Torabi's diary:
Monday
- Salad for lunch: $5.50
- Bottled water: $1.25
- Pair of shoes for work from DSW (marked down from $125.00): $80.00
- Four T-shirts from Forever 21: $20.20
- Cab ride from Union Square to Upper West Side: $15.00
- 10-pack of blank DVDs, half gallon of milk, and hairbrush at Duane Reade: $23.00
Tuesday
- Egg-white omelet for breakfast: $3.50
- Tofu and broccoli and drink for lunch: $5.65
- Almonds for a snack: $3.00
- ATM surcharge: $2.00
Wednesday
- Dry-cleaned a jacket and jeans and got two skirts hemmed: $64.00
- Tuna sandwich for lunch: $5.25
- Soda: $0.50
- Dinner at Burritoville: $9.50
- Skirt from Club Monaco: $124.21
- Cupcake from Magnolia Bakery: $2.25
Thursday
- Breakfast from Equinox: $4.00
- Salad for lunch from deli: $5.75
Friday
- Laundry from dry cleaner: $16.00
- Lilies from flower shop: $16.29
- Hangers for closet: $9.67
- Dinner at Ocean Grill with boyfriend: $50
Saturday
- Lunch at Blue Water Grill: $28
- Dinner and movie with boyfriend (he paid): $0
Sunday
- Brunch for self and boyfriend: $25.00
- Printed forms at Staples: $2.71
- Picture frame from Filene's basement: $6.49
- Dinner at Alice's Tea Cup: $18
Total: $546.72
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