A 25-year-old operations director who earns £125, 000 a-year has been slammed online for revealing she uses ‘shopping as therapy’ and ‘needs to up her stocks.’
The anonymous woman, from London, who works in the data industry, spoke to Refinery29 and provided a weekly diary of her spending, which came to £2, 125 – including £334,76 on food and drink, a whopping £1, 502.60 on clothes and beauty, £132 on travel, and £156.49 on ‘other’ things.
And it wasn’t long before the high flyer faced quite the backlash on Twitter – with many condemning her for boasting about her luxurious lifestyle.
‘I unequivocally despise this person,’ wrote one, while a second penned: ‘If I earned seven grand a month I would simply enjoy it and not show off about it.’
A n anonymous 25-year-old operations director who earns £125, 000 a-year has been slammed online for revealing she uses ‘shopping as therapy’ and ‘needs to up her stocks.’ Pictured, stock image
Taking to Twitter, one person penned: ‘I unequivocally despise this person’ (pictured)
The woman lives with her boyfriend of four years, who she says has a high profile job which provides ‘a lot of financial security,’
On day one of her money diaries, the operations director explained that her morning was filled with endless meetings and emails, before she tucked into her lunch – which is delivered every week because she ‘doesn’t have time to cook lunch every day.’
After a late night call from the US team and grabbing dinner from M&S, she told how she was exhausted – so treated herself to a glass of Merlot and ‘cleared her calendar’ for the next day so she could have a lie-in.
During the second day, the woman did a workout before remembering she was hosting a dinner party the following evening – so asked her boyfriend to fetch the required food.
After a ten-minute work meeting, she got ready to go and meet her team for drinks before returning home drunk.
Meanwhile, day three consisted of dialling in for a companywide call while in the gym, before hosting friends at the dinner party, while day four involved visiting a coffee shop for breakfast, before dining at Ivy Asia for dinner.
On day five, the woman went on to reveal that she woke up feeling ‘numb,’ so threw on her’fake eyelashes, heeled boots, Chanel sunglasses and my Louis Vuitton bag’ before having a day of retail therapy with her best friend to make her ‘feel better.’
After purchasing a YSL bag and matching card holder, she then hit high street stores including Zara and Benefit – racking up a bill of £1, 532.
The sixth day consisted of heading to the gym, grabbing a hot drink and bacon roll from Costa, having a couple of meetings, before later having dinner round her parents’ house.
After ‘feeling super overwhelmed about life and work,’ she decided to sign off for the day.
Many were quick to take to Twitter to slam the woman for boasting about her income
Day number seven involved a spot of morning yoga, a virtual date with her boyfriend, who was away on work, and a spend up in Ann Summers.
Summing up her money diary, the woman in question went on to explain that she likes to ‘have a balance between enjoying life, treating myself and saving for emergencies every month’ – adding that she ‘really needs to get into the stocks and shares game.’
Unsurpisingly, the shocking revelations appeared to rub people up the wrong way, who were keen to express their opinions.
‘I had to stop reading Money Diaries during quarantine because they either made me furiously angry or overwhelmingly anxious. No in between,’ wrote one.
A second joked: ‘The way I am tempted to do my own one of those. Income: £74.35, DWP Lunch: crumpets with butter – nutritious!
‘Dinner: packet of crisps mate Outgoings: mortgage £535 service charge £200 heating £56 phone/internet etc like 60 bastard pounds ETC Treat myself to a cheeky jaffacake.’