In the world of personal finances, responsibility and structure often become the key to confronting problems. Temptations to excessive spending. During the season of parties, year-end events, and holidays, December is a busy month for most workers. for this reason, A young woman shared an unusual savings strategy that went viral and surprised many.
The story began when Iara, a young Twitter user (X), arrived at her friend’s house ready to have some typical Argentine drinks: Some fern cups. For this you need 3 ingredients. 70% cola, 30% liquor and lots of ice. But in the refrigerator there was something more.
In desperation, the girl put her credit card in the refrigerator. His goal was simple: Turn it into ice and avoid the temptation to use it to make impulsive purchases.
“My friend said to me: ‘Look what you did.’ I said to her: ‘How good you are at making ice for the ferns.’” Well, no. “I literally froze his credit card so I wouldn’t use it,” Iara wrote in a post on his Twitter account. And I attached evidence of the strange saving method.
Comments on social media revealed a mixture of surprise and admiration for this unconventional saving strategy. Some praised the idea as an effective way to control spending, while others compared it to the legendary scene from the movie Shopping Mad starring Isla Fisher.
Iara’s post exceeded 3 million views on social media and 76 thousand Likes. “Pretty girls know numbers by heart”, “I broke it once but I took a picture of it and used it virtually”, “It’s that episode of Modern Family when Luke froze his savings haha”, “Your friend: they will”. Question my methods but not my results.” “Lie. We pretty girls associate it with the cell phone,” “Didn’t someone do this on Tacaños Extremos? Hahaha”, “Crazy shopping style…”, “I have the solution to stop my friend from buying perfumes”, “It is a very good idea”, these were some of the comments from the platform users.