She goes each week and take enough out to make it through until the following week. 

Every Wednesday like clockwork, this west coast Housewife makes a trip down to a bank. It is not the bank that also has her checking account or any other account. The sole purpose of this bank is to hold her cash in several safety deposit boxes. No one who works in the bank has English as a first language and have no idea who she is. She goes each week and take enough out to make it through until the following week.

Escrow account.

Lawyers on the opposite side of the west coast Housewife want any salary/earnings she makes, deposited into an escrow account.