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
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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
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
The cost of freedom
We all know that time is money. In order to have me work for 8 hours in an office, my potential boss has to pay me a certain amount of money. For him, this money is the amount he is willing to give in order to get the job done. For me, this amount… Read more
How I sold my old bicycles for $140
Isn’t that a crazy price for two old, very used bicycles? I know! They were just rotting in my mum’s storage last week, I now I have $140 cash in my pocket!! It was a little bit of work, because I had to repair them and pimp them up a little, so that they… Read more
Frugal dating in Paris…
Paris is one of the most expensive cities in Europe and the world. Every time I go back from cheaper countries, I gasp at the cost of everything. So finding cool ideas for a cheap date seems like mission: Impossible! The dating scene in Paris is quite the contrary of frugal. People are stressed, have high… Read more
On which date do you display financial information?
I have read a few articles lately about frugal dating and talking money in a relationship, yet I am still not sure about that one. BF and I finished our motorcycle trip last month and he flew back to Guatemala, so we ended our relationship and I am thinking about dating again. Right now, I… Read more
Happy Bastille Day!!
Today is July 14th, and for the French, that means Bastille Day. Like birthdays are special days to show people how much you love them, I thought I’d make a list of what I love most about my country. I’ll leave the bad and the ugly for another post! What I love about… Read more
How I Almost Lost $250 For Not Being Careful
Yesterday I was supposed to go on a Hot Air Balloon excursion. The price, about $125 per person, was high but I thought it was lower here in Turkey than it would be to ever do it in Europe or the US, so I went for it. Our hotel manager had offered to book it… Read more
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