Kidulting and Blind Boxes: How to Keep Fun Spending Inside Your Budget

Becoming Financially Confident · Oct 22, 2026 · 1h 1m

In today's episode, Ralph Estep Jr. and Juliet react to kidulting and the blind box craze, and share how to keep fun spending inside your budget.

In This Episode

✓ Kidulting, blind boxes, Funko Pops, and why a Honda Passport beat a Lexus

✓ Why a budget line for fun beats a guilt trip

✓ Initial jobless claims fall to 194,000 while continuing claims rise 25,000

✓ What to check if your hours get cut, including partial benefits in some states

✓ Biweekly mortgage payments and the one question to ask your lender

✓ How to pay a 30-year mortgage like a 15

✓ What skipping one year of $200-a-month…