Cherry's Cash Dilemmas Page #3

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and there might be people out there going, "Oh, it doesn't, it doesn't,"

but it makes me happy, and it makes my family happy.

What have you had to sacrifice to get where you are today?

Being, probably, a full-time mum,

I found that quite difficult.

I've got three children

and not being able to go to assemblies

because I'm in London or in meetings, or away,

and I had to go away, like, five times last year

and you constantly miss your children,

and having to say goodbye to them.

So, that's a big sacrifice to me,

is missing out on some of the things my children have done, definitely.

Do you think that it's been worth it?

Yes, because I'm doing all this for my children.

That's another reason for me to keep going.

Who's that? Who's that?

- Do you want to put monkey to bed?

- Yeah!

- Yeah?

I think Amanda is amazing,

and she is a real inspiration to women to earn their own money,

but...the fact that she's had to sacrifice time with her children

just shows you can't have it all,

and as a working mum myself, I really relate to that,

you can't have it all, you can't be the perfect, perfect mother

and the perfect woman in business.

It's really hard finding that balance

and at the end of the day, something's got to give.

MUSIC:
"Diamond Rings" by Chipmunk

'I may not be comfortable making the same sacrifices for money

'as Amanda has, but I want to know what it feels like

'to have her buying power.

'So, purely in the name of research, I am seeing what it's like

'to go clothes shopping, if money was no object.'

I've been talkin'

About my new diamond rings

Because my new diamond rings

There the...

'Obviously, I'll have to give back my loot at the end of the day.

'But what does it feel like to pick up whatever I fancy?

'And how much can I spend?'

How much is that?

That's 6,320, please.

I've been talkin'

About my new diamond rings

Because my new diamond rings

They're the...

Ooh, yeah!

'If money is a drug, then I think I'm getting high.'

I'm, like, in a shopping frenzy. I feel like I want everything,

I've gone really grabby!

I just want it all.

- Thank you! Bye-bye.

- Bye.

I've been talkin'

About my new diamond rings

Because my new diamond rings

They're the...

- How much is the bag?

- It's 920.

I can definitely see myself with this bag, I mean this bag and me

we're like soul mates, we're meant to be together.

2,610.

- Bag it up, baby.

- OK.

And if you're looking at me

You gonna be looking at them

Cos they're the swagger

That you see in my walk

And if you're listening to me

You gonna be listening to them

Cos they're the slick

That you hear in my talk

SINGS:
I love it, and I love shopping, so much!

That'll be 2,455, please, OK?

And if you're listening to me

You gonna be listening to them

Cos they're the slick

That you hear in my talk

CHERRY SIGHS:

So, I was only shopping for a few hours this morning

and I spent over ten grand.

And it was...so easy.

I didn't even feel like myself, I felt frenzied with desire.

And then when you get home

and you think, "Hang on a minute. Just calm down."

You do almost lose your mind,

the power of money does turn you a bit crazy, I think.

'So, now I've experienced money's drug-like high,

'I think I need a bit of a detox.

'One group of people who try to escape the money trap are freegans.

'It's an alternative lifestyle which favours

'community living, recycling and bartering.

'It's common for freegans to scavenge for food in bins.

'A practice that's called Dumpster Diving in the US

'and skipping in the UK.

'Now this, I have to see!'

'I've come into the heart of the city of London,

'to meet freegan, Katherine...'

- Hello!

- Hi, Cherry!

- Hi, Katherine.

- Nice to meet you.

'..who's going to give me a crash course in scavenging for food...

'out of rubbish.'

I'm a bit nervous, should I be nervous?

You're going to have to cope with what it's actually like

to be finding food that you might have to eat out of the bins,

which isn't always, it's not always that easy.

I found it difficult to start with to just get over that...

.. I think it's just, you know, it's evolutionary wired in

to think of garbage as garbage and not food,

and that's what's probably right,

but, I think when you see how much food there is being thrown away

that's what you'll find disgusting.

Do you know where to go and when to go?

Well, I've been doing this for quite a long time, so...

yeah, I guess I have a map

of where there are bins and shops that throw stuff out

and what time...

..and yeah, I think the first one is in about a few minutes.

Oh, my God, OK, well, let's go!

I wouldn't want to miss our first bin drop!

- No, quite right.

- I'll follow you.

Oh, God, here we go!

'Katherine squatted for two years

'but now lives in a rented flat in East London.

'But she still goes skipping nearly every day.'

'Just minutes into our mission

'and could this be our first taste of success?

'It's bin time outside an up-market bakery.'

Oh, God! It really is like actual rubbish,

- it's an actual...

- Rubbish bin, yeah.

..an actual...garbage area

or, if you're Katherine, it's a mountain of possibility.

Talk me through what we do here,

cos, it just looks like rubbish, to me.

OK, well, it's all rubbish and quite a lot of it is, like this.

GLASS CHINKS That's full of glass.

We're not interested in that.

You can feel it from the outside, feel that one...

RUSTLING:

- ..that feels like bread.

- That feels breaded.

Why don't you pick up that one and I'll pick up this one. CHERRY SQUEALS

- Go over here a bit.

- Oh, my God.

- Look. We've got loads of bread.

- My God! There's so much in here.

- Some gourmet mini croissants.

- Oh, my God, there's so much!

- Look.

- Mmm, yeah, that's not really a great sign.

- Mostly bread.

- Your bag looks much more delicious

- and there's no cleaning products in there.

- Yeah.

- My God, there's like...

- You've got, em... yeah.

- So will you just take some?

- Yeah.

'Since all these goods were on the shelves only minutes earlier,

'Katherine assures me I won't get food poisoning.'

CHERRY LAUGHS:

This is so hilarious!

'Nearly 14 billion worth of food

'is thrown away each year, in the UK.

'As long as the rubbish is on the pavement,

'skipping is legal.

'But many food retailers discourage the practice

'and some spoil the food with chemicals

'to stop skippers like Katherine, from taking it.'

MUSIC:
"Gotta Keep Walking" by Willy Mason

'As day turns into night, the temperature plummets.

'And my feet are starting to kill me!'

Nothing good here, all right. Move on.

- No?

- No, I don't think so.

- Oh, well. Next.

We've been walking around for a couple of hours,

it's freezing cold.

We haven't found that much stuff.

It's quite a tough way to find your dinner.

She said we've

Gotta keep walkin'

Keep walkin'

She said we've

Gotta keep walkin' on...

Oh, my God! Here we go!

- Oh, look.

- Eww, what is that?

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