A Week In Her Wallet: A Government Attorney’s $2.6K Week

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re following Beth, a 52-year-old federal attorney from Kentucky who earns $230K a year and is raising a blended family, a 14-year-old son, two grown stepsons, and two adorable grandkids. Beth walks us through a week of intentional spending, including: Snagging $10K worth of high-end furniture on Facebook Marketplace for just $750 Treating herself to monthly DryBar blowouts Managing skyrocketing teen food bills And staying mindful through a hybrid work schedule and variable family expenses We’re looking for more real women to share their spending diaries. 👉 Fill out this quick form to get started Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Gene Chatsky and this is her money.
0:05.0	Today we are back with another episode of our special series, A Week in Her Wallet,
0:10.0	where we follow real women as they track their spending over the course of seven days.
0:15.3	For some, it's seven long days.
0:17.6	But it's not just about dollars and cents.
0:19.9	It's about our values and priorities and
0:22.6	what our money is really doing for us. This week, we're heading to Kentucky to meet Beth, a working
0:28.5	mom who describes herself as a bit of a pack rat, who works a hybrid job, juggles life with a 14-year-old
0:35.8	son, and is always on the go.
0:38.3	Beth sent us voice notes throughout the week to capture her spending and how she was feeling about it.
0:44.3	Her week included everything from football games and blowouts to buying furniture from Facebook Marketplace
0:51.3	to trying to manage her family's takeout habit.
0:54.6	We are so grateful she brought us along for the ride.
0:59.1	Beth, thanks so much for being with us and thanks for doing this.
1:03.1	Thank you.
1:03.6	It's great being here and meeting you.
1:05.9	It's nice to meet you too.
1:07.5	Let's start just with the very basics.
1:09.9	Tell me a little bit about you, tell me about
1:11.9	your family, your work schedule. What prompted you to do this? Well, it's very interesting.
1:19.2	My husband and I, it's our second marriage. We have a 14-year-old son. I have two step-sons who are
1:26.2	adults and one of them is married and we have two grandkids that are two and four.
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