Shannon and Colin

Shannon and Colin, married for just over a year, were high school sweethearts. They, but particularly Shannon, are impulse shoppers, which also applies to the purchase of their house. Most of those purchases they do not need. Shannon has the mentality of "buy now, pay later", which Colin knows is unsustainable, but he does not have the backbone to say "no" to his wife, especially about shopping. In terms of incomes, Shannon makes decent money, but Colin only has a part-time retail job which brings in little money. In addition, he has ambition to become a police officer, but does little to work toward making it actually happen, or states that they don't have the money to support making it happen. Beyond dealing directly with the financial issues such as Colin needing to make more money in the short term, Colin taking decisive action toward that police career, and both planning their finances instead of buying on impulse, Gail makes them embark on challenges which are more symbolic concerning their bad life decisions, and Colin needing to stand up to Shannon.