I despise WalMart! The only way that I will buy anything there is if I am sure that they lose money on the transaction. As you may guess, I am seldom at WalMart. The same is true for a nearby grocery that fired my teenage daughter the day before she qualified for benefits.
Gretchen, I tried the same trick as your “princess” with similar results. I moved to Colorado on two different occasions for jobs lasting less than a year. Each time, I took only my small purse. I determined to set up housekeeping by buying everything after I arrived, including even a car. I got away with it the first time, sort of. My wardrobe was quite nice. Shop till I drop in Denver...WOOHOO!! My grown daughter was appalled when I showed her, years later, the dump of an apartment that I rented. The second time I rented a really nice furnished house and she approved of it. I put together a great wardrobe again (great fun and hey, when I look fab, everything else falls into place!), but buying that car was too much adventure even for me.