Hi there! Had a good month of September? I can’t complain, I was really happy to come back to France and visit family and friends. How did I do on my goals… well, here is the detail. You can see my September goals here. BLOGGING GOALS WIN 5 FAIL 2 I changed the… Read more
Snowflaking my way through September
September has been a strange month for me. I stopped traveling, after 5 months touring around Europe on a motorcycle with BF, and came back ”home”, to Paris. I call this place home because I have no other home at the moment, but I actually am staying with my mum for a few weeks, and… Read more
Why buying the most expensive motorcycle on Ebay saved me money
As you may know, I have been traveling around Europe on a motorcycle from early April to the end of August. In 2011, BF and I did the same thing traveling from Guatemala to Seattle, to Washington D.C. on his motorcycle. This time, it was my turn to buy a bike and suffer the depreciation…. Read more
Watching your Alexa ranking every day is like checking your weight daily when dieting
Welcome up and downswings! I have installed the Alexa toolbar last week, to start checking my Alexa ranking. For those of you who are unaware of what the Alexa ranking is, it is a tool that analyzes browsing behavior and gives you a score based on how many people visited your site, linked back to… Read more
Are old habits are easier to break around new people?
I have been back in Paris for a couple of weeks now. This is the city where I was born, raised, and went to college until I was 22, apart from two years that I spent in Provence. I still have many friends that have survived the distance and my being away for months at… Read more
How to keep your spending low while staying social
If you have friends with whom you have always spent lots and lots of money, going to the mall, out to dinner or taking expensive vacations, curbing your spending while in their company can be very hard. I have found that many of my friends wish they would spend less money on drinks and partying,… Read more
How to manage your Twitter account using Tweepi
One of my goals for September was to build my Twitter account and see more clearly through it. I don’t have a personal account on Twitter so I really started using it two months ago when I started that blog. I was a bit confused at first, because everything goes so fast, and I had… Read more
Damages finale and the rat race
Yesterday was the series finale of Damages, a show I followed and really enjoyed for its well written, fast-paced, thrilling plots. It is about a girl fresh out of college who starts out at a big shot lawyer firm and tries not to get crushed by her boss, played by a brilliant Glenn Close. Five… Read more
Why I never had much of an emergency fund
I know most personal finance experts recommend that you have an emergency fund. I never really felt concerned by that for several reasons. First, because I have always been pretty reasonable with my finances. I always saved a lot, and during any given month, I could just have stopped saving and used that money in… Read more
My depleted emergency fund
This month, I have a lot of expenses. Because my flat didn’t sell like I expected, I have to pay over $400 a month in condo fees and taxes. This has been the case since March, and I thought it would stop in September. September in France is also taxes time, and I have to… Read more
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