This week starts with the great news of getting electricity. The electrician had already been fixing the wiring from the meter to the house, and inside the house. Most wiring had been stolen, maybe by thieves, maybe because the previous owner stopped paying wages to his guardian some months ago and the guy may have… Read more
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Are you a good tenant? Lower your rent!
Are you a tenant? Have you paid your rent on time, not trashed the place, or had the police knock at your door at 3am for noise disturbance? Then you fit right in the category of good tenants. Congratulations! As a landlady, I have had my share of good and bad tenants. Luckily, they all… 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
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
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
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