No but we’ve been in lockdown for a year, I’m sure any depleted supplies of cash have been topped back up in that time. I live in roughly the same area of London and have been furloughed on 80% salary and still managed to save lots
I think you’re comparing your own situation to one that isn’t comparable, really.
You must have forgotten that Alice was living in a house she rented with her ex-boyfriend (conman Dan Salmassian) for the first part of the pandemic last year, and I seem to recall the rent was around £3.5k, or possibly more?? £4k is a figure in my mind but don’t quote me on that. There is very little chance she was saving much beyond that, especially since she’d be paying child support to her ex-husband.
According to the Mumsnet thread, she gave Dan Salmassian £15k - I think it’s unlikely she’s saved that much money, especially since that was essentially her total savings from when she was earning a lot more (albeit less consistently).
I’m sure she also referenced living on benefits before she got her most recent marketing job, so she quite possibly had debt from then too (although I’m sure her parents would have helped her out).
I think you’re right in that she will have savings from the past year, but I also think Alice is someone who isn’t as good with money as she pretends to be, and I think getting a dog when she’s been made redundant is a bad idea - for many reasons, including financial ones.