Oral Communication Final preparation

Following is the notes from my Oral Communication Final preparation,question number six: Financial IQ.

Alice: Hey, I am a little bit curious about your spending habits. Will you make a shopping list or make a budget before you go shopping?
Laro : Oh yes, I always will make a shopping list before I go shopping. I find it is a useful way to control my money spending, and at this time I will think more about things I am going to buy.
Peng: Ha! As for me, no never! I always just watch at my wallet and say “oh, I just can spend 200 dollars today” and then go out. I seldom think so much before I go shopping.
Eva: Well, I sometimes will think a little bit about my budget before I go shopping. Sometimes, not every time.
Christine: Then, will you keep your mind on your spending when you are shopping?
Laro: Uh, most of the times, yes. It’s not easy, but it is really an efficient way to control your cash. However, I will lose my control sometimes.
Zoe: So, what are your standards when you are buying things? The look, the price, the brand, the quality, or the function, or anything else?
Alice: I think the quality is the most important. If you buy a thing that is not so good and it break very soon, that actually is a waste of time and money. The look is important too. How can you stand on using an ugly thing for a long time?
Eva: I think “brands” is one way when choosing from several items. Sometimes brands means that they are recognized by the majority.
Peng: Hey, will you make a record after you buy things?
Zoe: No, that’s troublesome. Why ?
Christine: Uh, actually, yes I will. Since I am in the accounting department, my mother always says “do you know exactly how much you spend per day? “ So I have the habit that keep a buying record recently.