Comparing to “Can you keep a secret?” The beginning was quite slow and not as exciting! I could actually relate to Rebecca’s compulsive shopping habits, making excuses why I need to buy! Buy! Buy! Well, that was the old me in my 20's, where I did max out my cards but I never missed a payment. Harrod’s definitely reminded me of London! Expensive as hell, just like Nieman Marcus.
Rebecca is a journalist for a magazine called Successful Savings; her job is like a total lie. She can’t even manage her own money but yet she has a job where she is supposed to help other people manage their money. She overdraws her bank account and max out her Visa card.Becky just can't go a day without spending money! Her addiction to shopping, her increasing debt and her compulsive lying gets her into deeper trouble!
She tries to change her ways by changing her spending habits but only ends up making it worst. If Becky sees anything she likes she has to go and buy it right then and there. People have contacted Becky for payment and she keeps on ignoring them. She knows she needs to pay it back sooner or later but yet she keeps on spending.
I laughed when she was trying to make curry to save money but end up spending more, b/c I've done the same thing she did with baking a cheese cake. I liked the part where she thinks she has the winning lottery numbers, thinking of marrying a wealthy man -and also the part where she lied on her resume and got caught running out. Like automatic millionaires, she tracks down what she spent and shock by how much she had just spent that day. She even gets a job at the clothes store, but get fires on the very first day. There’s something sexy about the named LUKE! The ending was quick and I wish it were longer. Nevertheless, I’m glad everything worked out for her, where she got not 1 but 2 glamorous jobs; in which doesn’t happen in real life. I’m so glad she did not take Brad Pittish’s check of $5k (pounds). No matter how poor a person is, they have to have some moral and common sense.
=) If you like shopping and laughing you should read this delightful book This book will definitely brings out the inner shopaholic in us all ! I recommend this book to all the younger girls out there that plan to get their first credit card.
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=) The movie is coming out! yay!Release Date: February 13, 2009
