Alexa von Tobel of New York City, who sounds like the sort of well-off nitwit who ends up starving to death in a power failure, noticed how much she was spending on taxis, lattes, delis, restaurants, drinks, etcetera, and decides to take the ultimate survival challenge and try to get through an entire day without spending money. She makes it sound like she's setting off to cross the Congo Basin with a machete. I could hardly contain myself as I read of her death-defying feat of cooking some penne pasta with tomato vodka sauce instead of eating out.
Not that I should sneer. After all, I've taken this challenge myself more than once. In fact, the last time was today.
It's called being skint.
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