CARMELA MAY HAVE TO GIVE UP HER DREAM OF A BIG ITALIAN WEDDING IF SHE DOESN'T GET HER SHOPPING HABITS UNDER CONTROL, ON "BANK OF MOM & DAD," WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT 10 PM ET/PT ON SOAPNET

It's a Matter of Life or Debt

Money Coach Farnoosh Torabi, Author of "You're So Money: Live Rich Even When You're Not," Helps Advise the Young Women on Their Out-of-Control Spending Habits

Episode 106 ("Carmela") -- Carmela is a 26-year-old restaurant manager in Bayonne, NJ who has found herself sinking into debt because of her pricey shopping habits. Over a third of her monthly income goes to clothes, makeup, tanning, nails and cigarettes. Engaged to her fianc�, Marcus, she also owes her future in-laws thousands of dollars in "loans." But despite all her money troubles, Carmella still expects to have her big, expensive Italian dream wedding. With the help of money coach Farnoosh Torabi, Carmella�s parents, Mary and Joseph, team up to give their daughter a wake-up call about the realities of her wedding expectations vs. her actual budget, on a new episode of "Bank of Mom & Dad," WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (10:00 p.m. � 11:00 p.m., ET/PT) on SOAPnet.

Adapted from a BBC format, "Bank of Mom & Dad" each week will visit a young adult woman with a wayward lifestyle and out-of-control spending habits who has to go through a major reality check as she faces up to her debt. With the help of Farnoosh, Mom & Dad will move in for one week, taking total control in an emotionally charged intervention where the parents have to approve every dollar spent. Best known for her work in Seventeen Magazine, on Quicken Online, WalletPop (AOL), MSNBC and CNN, Farnoosh ("You're So Money") will help plan a road map for change and provide the tools to make it happen.

"Bank of Mom & Dad" is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Allison Wallach and Bob Kirsh serve as executive producers. BBC Worldwide is the main commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). In the U.S., BBC Worldwide Productions, one of BBC Worldwide's seven core businesses, is based in Los Angeles and New York. It is responsible for the smash hit �Dancing with the Stars� and develops scripted and non-scripted projects for U.S. cable and broadcast networks.

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