Luxury Shopping Challenge! (trying to be boujee) 💸

The Struggle is Real: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at My Gift-Giving Experience

As I stepped into the stores, I couldn't help but feel a sense of anxiety wash over me. The worst thing about going into these stores was always the feeling of being scrutinized by the people at the front counter, as if they could see right through me to determine whether I had money or not. My mother-in-law was coming, and I knew I had to get her something special.

I decided to break the rules and not go to an expensive, "bougie" place in LA, where the prices were astronomical. Instead, I wanted to find something unique and thoughtful for my MIL. I started browsing at a local store on i-10, where I met someone named Alejandra who helped me find a little chain that would complement a worn-out necklace. However, after realizing that the necklace was not worth $500, I returned it and continued my search.

As fate would have it, I stumbled upon a street called Union, which had a store across from it that caught my eye - Street Island. The store was owned by many people's favorite brands, but the prices were still out of my budget. Undeterred, I decided to take a chance and look around for something unique. That's when I spotted an item that made me exclaim "wow" - a very expensive and unique piece that seemed like an homage to the first collection.

I was thrilled to have found it, but as I continued shopping, I couldn't shake off the feeling of sadness that had washed over me earlier. The prices in these stores were simply too much for my taste. I decided to take a break and reflect on why I was doing this challenge in the first place - to find thoughtful and unique gifts for my loved ones.

Next up was my friend Jennifer, who is a fashionista and loves all things fancy. I took her to a rodeo event, where she was obsessed with the products being sold. She's always been there for me through thick and thin, and I wanted to get her something special to show my appreciation. After browsing around, I spotted a beautiful one-of-a-kind piece that caught my eye - a gorgeous yellow Pucci-inspired scarf.

I couldn't resist buying it for Jennifer, who would surely appreciate the unique style and attention to detail. As I watched her try on the scarf, I knew that I had made an excellent choice. The final gift-giver on my list was my editor, Islander, who has been with me since the beginning of my journey. I wanted to get him something special to thank him for his hard work and dedication.

To my surprise, he surprised me with a beautiful iMac Pro that would elevate Alejandro's equipment to the next level. It was a thoughtful gift that showed just how much Islander cares about our team's success. As I watched him open the box and admire the new computer, I knew that this gift was exactly what we needed to take our content creation game to the next level.

As I reflect on my gift-giving experience, I realize that it wasn't always easy. There were moments of frustration and disappointment, but ultimately, it was worth it. Seeing the looks on my loved ones' faces when they opened their gifts was priceless, and knowing that I had found something special for each of them made all the struggle worthwhile.

As I look back on this experience, I'm reminded of the importance of being present in the moment and truly connecting with those around me. The gift-giving process may seem like a small thing, but it's often the thought and love behind the gift that makes it truly special. And as for my next video - if you guys want to see what gifts I got for Christmas, let me know!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enmust we on Twitter and I cannot live wait more yeah everybody's present is that the store right now Here I am four days out and I have nothing for no one I'm a great friend by solidly should we do this video I thought it was super funny I'm gonna link it down below you guys should definitely check it out pretty much it's a roulette Christmas shopping challenge shopping shopping shopping shopping challenge by Sol a shimmer you do this but I figured we do a little twist to this challenge today we're doing it boozing I feel like ariana grande's yeah I think it's appropriate I'm in LA I am an outcast here I don't fit into parties here I don't dress the best you have a girl here from Chicago who just live in Florida now is in LA just don't fit in here Gucci Edition means there's no limit to what I should buy my wallets gonna hurt I'm gonna feel very uncomfortable in these stores just because I don't really buy this will be interesting cuz my friends are all very humble they don't really care for this stuff they're awesome my husband is a definition of food he likes expensive things how this works is I write down a list of everybody that I want to give gifts to Jupiter Dennis my editor Alejandro is currently editing this I appreciate you oh you're not Dennis's mom Jennifer my best friend yeah I'm capping it out this is a bougie edition I can't do like ten people I'm going to be spending thousands per gift so for goober I was thinking some type of high-end a dog store Dennis son has a high-end street wear store he loves that stuff and they had little definitely Apple he needs a new computer to edit these videos better my mother-in-law Louis Vuitton she likes fancy stuff and my friend Jennifer she loves it all she's a little bougie actually likes brownish volunteen ocean now she wants enough Oh what should we put for her good she all right let's do it the idea here is to put all the names with all the places in a little gift and then pick out randomly in the box first one somebody gets a high end dog fancy collar for Christmas your mom's gonna hate me you gotta get her collar especially embroided that says you better get Slough pecan I'm gonna die on the road honestly the only one that makes sense for any hunter would be a photographer Newburgh come here here we go Dennis boy no you're gonna get his limit oh my god this is gonna be so awkward all right guys let's go shopping yeah I need you to call the credit-card company so we don't get declined yeah this is how I do bougie it doesn't suit me I feel like I'm wearing a costume that's in Fendi's got some off-white fact that I have to go out like this stop number one this one is for Dennis I'm telling him the directions he doesn't know where we're going the worst thing about going into these stores I always feel like the people at the front looking me up and down as if I have money or don't have money you guys I'm back and broker than ever so then for my mother-in-law oh Jesus Christ what the hell was I supposed to get her I decided I'm gonna break the rules I'm not gonna go to an expensive bougie place here in LA because I don't want to spend like $500 on a necklace so I gave her the present and it's a little worn one well that was no me toque on i-10 is alejandra little apple a little color eaten as far as Jupiter all right so Jupiter got Louie Vuitton asked around some employees I said if there's any kind of dog stuff like a collar or wasn't any so I got the cheapest thing in the stores I was not about to spend $2,000 per bag that he wasn't gonna use a thousand and five hundred dollars for a scarf that he's gonna tear up in three seconds I ended up getting him a little chain be ready for this and just know I'm returning this after seriously felony but this is so expensive by the way post Malone was there so we saw him that was kind of cool all right maybe I'll get him a little keychain what's their worth I don't know a hundred dollars max time for this is four hundred and fifty dollar this little crappy thing to put on his collar I'm returning this I expected you to get him back hell no this was 65 oh my yeah but there's no idea what's going on wow you can't even see it because of his fur he doesn't that like he wants me to take it off which I will because I'm returning it sorry baby so right here he's a handful okay I ended up going to the street where a place called Union and I kind of looked around I fallen comfortable and didn't know what to get everything was really really overpriced so right across the street was Stone Island which that is actually owned a lot of people's from store eyes but it is very very expensive I ended up getting him something very expensive so Dennis really loves Street where he really loves to dress kind of full this was an item that I saw that I was like wow this is very unique this particular item was an homage to the very first collection you actually got me the thing I'm so happy because if you don't watch your vlog actually bought Natalie a bunch of self a lot of different layer very expensive Natalie total price yeah very expensive I said this is ridiculous no this challenge has actually made me feel sad it's just like too much all in one you forgot one of the time what did he get so nice then for my friend jennifer is a fancy girl I took her to a rodeo one she was obsessed she was going into a product should now jennifer has been such a special friend in my life she has helped me through some of the hardest moments she's always been there for me she's giving me so much support and love I just really appreciate her I could cry just talking about this so for her I really wanted to do something really special Jennifer amazing this is why I love Jennifer we're about to pray before eating the name of the Holy Spirit thank you Lord for God is which we're about to receive from thy bounty this gorgeous look how pretty I don't know I'm gonna come down so just so pretty what I got her one-of-a-kind back he's really into like the traditional the beachy style uh how many layers have been here this was one of a kind yellow Pucci look how beautiful bright like her personality and I hope she loves it yeah for an expensive French here read the Parkers it's not that pretty but it does say from Natalie yeah yeah I'm gonna go with like a neutral color it green like the baggage I would never say that Thank You Natalie here's Jennifer and finally for my editor Islander I feel like this could not have been more perfect Apple gays have been wanting to upgrade Alejandro's equipment for some time now we decided to get him an iMac Pro it's beautiful this is huge whoa here's the gorgeous Wow you see my microphone the iMac Pro I never deserves this he's been such a great part of our team I wanted him to in here so sorry about that you liked it give it a thumbs up if you haven't subscribed subscribe to the family and also you want to see more unfiltered life videos behind the scenes of my life you can check out my vlog channel Natalie Dennis show I love you I'll see you very soon I will maybe be posting it what I got for Christmas video if you guys want to see it let me know I'll see you next time byemust we on Twitter and I cannot live wait more yeah everybody's present is that the store right now Here I am four days out and I have nothing for no one I'm a great friend by solidly should we do this video I thought it was super funny I'm gonna link it down below you guys should definitely check it out pretty much it's a roulette Christmas shopping challenge shopping shopping shopping shopping challenge by Sol a shimmer you do this but I figured we do a little twist to this challenge today we're doing it boozing I feel like ariana grande's yeah I think it's appropriate I'm in LA I am an outcast here I don't fit into parties here I don't dress the best you have a girl here from Chicago who just live in Florida now is in LA just don't fit in here Gucci Edition means there's no limit to what I should buy my wallets gonna hurt I'm gonna feel very uncomfortable in these stores just because I don't really buy this will be interesting cuz my friends are all very humble they don't really care for this stuff they're awesome my husband is a definition of food he likes expensive things how this works is I write down a list of everybody that I want to give gifts to Jupiter Dennis my editor Alejandro is currently editing this I appreciate you oh you're not Dennis's mom Jennifer my best friend yeah I'm capping it out this is a bougie edition I can't do like ten people I'm going to be spending thousands per gift so for goober I was thinking some type of high-end a dog store Dennis son has a high-end street wear store he loves that stuff and they had little definitely Apple he needs a new computer to edit these videos better my mother-in-law Louis Vuitton she likes fancy stuff and my friend Jennifer she loves it all she's a little bougie actually likes brownish volunteen ocean now she wants enough Oh what should we put for her good she all right let's do it the idea here is to put all the names with all the places in a little gift and then pick out randomly in the box first one somebody gets a high end dog fancy collar for Christmas your mom's gonna hate me you gotta get her collar especially embroided that says you better get Slough pecan I'm gonna die on the road honestly the only one that makes sense for any hunter would be a photographer Newburgh come here here we go Dennis boy no you're gonna get his limit oh my god this is gonna be so awkward all right guys let's go shopping yeah I need you to call the credit-card company so we don't get declined yeah this is how I do bougie it doesn't suit me I feel like I'm wearing a costume that's in Fendi's got some off-white fact that I have to go out like this stop number one this one is for Dennis I'm telling him the directions he doesn't know where we're going the worst thing about going into these stores I always feel like the people at the front looking me up and down as if I have money or don't have money you guys I'm back and broker than ever so then for my mother-in-law oh Jesus Christ what the hell was I supposed to get her I decided I'm gonna break the rules I'm not gonna go to an expensive bougie place here in LA because I don't want to spend like $500 on a necklace so I gave her the present and it's a little worn one well that was no me toque on i-10 is alejandra little apple a little color eaten as far as Jupiter all right so Jupiter got Louie Vuitton asked around some employees I said if there's any kind of dog stuff like a collar or wasn't any so I got the cheapest thing in the stores I was not about to spend $2,000 per bag that he wasn't gonna use a thousand and five hundred dollars for a scarf that he's gonna tear up in three seconds I ended up getting him a little chain be ready for this and just know I'm returning this after seriously felony but this is so expensive by the way post Malone was there so we saw him that was kind of cool all right maybe I'll get him a little keychain what's their worth I don't know a hundred dollars max time for this is four hundred and fifty dollar this little crappy thing to put on his collar I'm returning this I expected you to get him back hell no this was 65 oh my yeah but there's no idea what's going on wow you can't even see it because of his fur he doesn't that like he wants me to take it off which I will because I'm returning it sorry baby so right here he's a handful okay I ended up going to the street where a place called Union and I kind of looked around I fallen comfortable and didn't know what to get everything was really really overpriced so right across the street was Stone Island which that is actually owned a lot of people's from store eyes but it is very very expensive I ended up getting him something very expensive so Dennis really loves Street where he really loves to dress kind of full this was an item that I saw that I was like wow this is very unique this particular item was an homage to the very first collection you actually got me the thing I'm so happy because if you don't watch your vlog actually bought Natalie a bunch of self a lot of different layer very expensive Natalie total price yeah very expensive I said this is ridiculous no this challenge has actually made me feel sad it's just like too much all in one you forgot one of the time what did he get so nice then for my friend jennifer is a fancy girl I took her to a rodeo one she was obsessed she was going into a product should now jennifer has been such a special friend in my life she has helped me through some of the hardest moments she's always been there for me she's giving me so much support and love I just really appreciate her I could cry just talking about this so for her I really wanted to do something really special Jennifer amazing this is why I love Jennifer we're about to pray before eating the name of the Holy Spirit thank you Lord for God is which we're about to receive from thy bounty this gorgeous look how pretty I don't know I'm gonna come down so just so pretty what I got her one-of-a-kind back he's really into like the traditional the beachy style uh how many layers have been here this was one of a kind yellow Pucci look how beautiful bright like her personality and I hope she loves it yeah for an expensive French here read the Parkers it's not that pretty but it does say from Natalie yeah yeah I'm gonna go with like a neutral color it green like the baggage I would never say that Thank You Natalie here's Jennifer and finally for my editor Islander I feel like this could not have been more perfect Apple gays have been wanting to upgrade Alejandro's equipment for some time now we decided to get him an iMac Pro it's beautiful this is huge whoa here's the gorgeous Wow you see my microphone the iMac Pro I never deserves this he's been such a great part of our team I wanted him to in here so sorry about that you liked it give it a thumbs up if you haven't subscribed subscribe to the family and also you want to see more unfiltered life videos behind the scenes of my life you can check out my vlog channel Natalie Dennis show I love you I'll see you very soon I will maybe be posting it what I got for Christmas video if you guys want to see it let me know I'll see you next time bye\n"