we had to have this kind of argument with the guardianship board about my brother autismintellectual impairment over his money and how its spent  they would only allow 20 for a pair of shoes problem was my brother found them uncomfortable and would normally rip them up within a month record was 5 days in a year he paid over 300 in 20 shoes they didnt seem to care how many we brought just that they were not more than 20 each  my parents got sick of having to take him shoe shopping and spent 200 of their own money on good shoes for him and took a photo of them every month a year later he when was still wearing them proven by the photos the board finally agreed and paid them back for the shoes and stopped arguing about when we wanted to  spend more to buy him higher quality things   there is no point to buying the cheaper thing if you dont use iteat it if it breaks super quicklycauses irritation and frustration that spending a little more money would solve doesnt mean you need to buy a solid gold toilet seat just dont get the 5 one that breaks every month and feels terrible on you tooshie