Cognac & Caps: Woman's Expensive 'Budget-Friendly' Valentine's Gift Leaves TikTok Users Confused

Cognac & Caps: Woman's Expensive 'Budget-Friendly' Valentine's Gift Leaves TikTok Users Confused

  • A young woman took to social media to document herself buying a Valentine's Day gift for her man
  • In the TikTok post, Sithembile Thwala disclosed that she didn't have much money and would get a budget-friendly gift
  • Her shopping escapade proved otherwise, though, as Sithembile splurged on alcohol and accessories for her bae

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Woman's budget-friendly Valentine's Day gift
Sithembile Thwala sparked debate on TikTok with her "budget-friendly" Valentine's Day gift for her boyfriend. Image: /@forever.sheezuus
Source: TikTok

A Mzansi woman, Sithembile Thwala, caused a frenzy on TikTok after sharing a video of her buying her boyfriend a 'budget-friendly' Valentine's Day gift.

Broke girlfriend shops for bae

Sithembile, who admitted to being very broke, took viewers along with her as she went to various stores to buy different items for her man's gift.

The video shows her buying Rémy Martin Cognac, a New Era branded cap, tobacco and something nice for herself at a Nike Factory Store. Sithembile also packed the items in a cute gift bag.

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Mzansi baffled by woman's budget

Sithembile's special gift hamper had Mzansi people giving her the side-eye as they questioned her brokenness after spending money on pricey items. Others commented on how lovely her gesture was.

nhlakaniphooscar replied:

"Nayi Girlfriend yokuqala in South Africa."

Jami Girl♥️ wrote:

"Imali ayikhoo?"

shannondoah.donald replied:

"You said you broke ."

Juba ️ said:

"Is the “I just don’t have a big budget” in the room with us."

BO$$ commented:

"This is cute, if I was your man I would really appreciate it. It's the effort that matters the most❤."

Princess Letso commented:

"I know a man who plays soccer ✋."

dior wrote:

"Ha-a you said budget friendly ."

miss.rené said:

"Aaaah you said 'You so broke'."

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Corporate woman receives flowers from taxi driver hubby

Briefly News previously reported that a TikTok video captured how one driver spoiled his wife, who works in corporate, with a fresh bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.

A video shared by the lucky lady @mrsmotha2nd shows the man arriving at her workplace in his minibus as he walks over to her holding the flowers with a plain facial expression pretending not to be into the romantic moment.

The wifey was overjoyed at her sweet surprise as she shared photos of the goodies on her post.

Source: Briefly News

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Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za

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