This isn't a drive down to L.A. She can't afford a trip to New York. She probably couldn't afford dinner at a nice restaurant in New York. She's beyond awkward about someone - even someone like Cal whom she likes and trusts - spending that kind of money on her.
So she jokes, "I have to work next weekend. I'm not blowing my new gig at the Dress Barn after my month in hell at the fast-food-place-that-will-not-be-named."
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This isn't a drive down to L.A. She can't afford a trip to New York. She probably couldn't afford dinner at a nice restaurant in New York. She's beyond awkward about someone - even someone like Cal whom she likes and trusts - spending that kind of money on her.
So she jokes, "I have to work next weekend. I'm not blowing my new gig at the Dress Barn after my month in hell at the fast-food-place-that-will-not-be-named."