Google Reader Changes
WHY OH WHY did Google change Google Reader to not allow me to share items any more? Now I have to use this Google+ thing?
I hated Facebook and this Google+ thing sounds a lot like Facebook, just with a sexier twist.
*sigh*
Sushi Resturant Rant
I hate it when sushi restaurants make up names for special house rolls like the “Chin Chin Roll” but conveniently forget to tell you on the menu what exactly is in them!!!
P.S. I am never eating at All-You-Can-Eat Sushi again.
I’ve had stomach problems after the two times (in two different places), and you can fool me once or twice, but not a third time. I’m sticking to legit places now, because my stomach is clearly a sushi snob.
(Aren’t these incredibly cute Post-Its?)
Girls with Natural Makeup?
I find it funny when guys think that they like super natural looking girls, who don’t wear ANY makeup at all, when in fact those girls probably spend at least half an hour each morning looking like they don’t wear anything on their faces.
Having perfectly even skin tone, no undereye bags, super small pores that NEVER get oily and naturally flush cheeks is rare.
So rare, that I only know maybe 3 girls in my life who have skin like that, and I tell them how lucky they are each time I see them.
If you are one of those girls, you are lucky and I envy your amazing skin!
So guys, don’t tell me that you won’t date girls who wear makeup, tell me you won’t date girls who wear so much makeup that it’s obvious they have caked it on in an effort to Photoshop their skin, and it looks horrible.
How to horrify Parisiens
Tell them you ate macarons at McDonald’s (‘Mcdo’) and you liked them.
That will give you a guaranteed gasp, and/or a wide-eyed, disbelieving stare with an “Oh la la, non!!” thrown in for good measure.
INCOME: $0
- No blog, etc. income because I donate it so I don’t bother counting it
- No contracts, no job, no work
EXPENSES: $5754.67
NET WORTH: $153,168.11 — Decrease of $(3361.53) or a drop of 2.2% from last month
ASSETS:
- Emergency Fund: $112,793.92
- Cash: $1069.24
- Retirement: $38,600.77
- Savings: $704.48
LIABILITIES:
- None
Not such a huge drop. PHEW!
- My investments have gone up in the month I was away
- I am really trying to economize before I head to the US and limit spending until I get a job
- I still feel like I’m in the good zone of net worth for my age (late 20s), seeing as I started my career $60,000 in debt about 5 years ago
BEST POSTS OF OCTOBER 2011
- How I got out of debt
- Do you live to work, or work to live?
- Wage gaps between genders: Who’s supposed to fix it?
- The dark side of financial insecurity
- Stop procrastinating on your debt and just clear it already — you’ll have to, sooner or later
What’s coming up
- Packing like a mofo!!
- Scanning papers like a hobo.. (okay I had to rhyme some how)
- Getting excited. 🙂
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
I cleared $60,000 in 18 months earning $65,000 gross/year.
Now I am self-employed, and you can read more about 
I’m not updating Google Reader on my phone!
Overly made-up women put me off – I prefer the natural look but realise that the look isn’t natural. Have to respect a woman who can achieve that!
Hi, FB. Any way you can share your travel info for Europe? I’m planning on going in March but am finding that hotel rooms are at least $200-300/night. Thanks!!
I agree 110% with google reader. I’ve been trying to use + more often, but it just kind of sucks.
I liked it before they f*cked it up.
Ok FB …. what did you do in London? What did you do in Paris?
I really hope you make a Europe post because I’m dying to know what hotels you stayed in and what you thought of them! Also, where you ate and what you thought of the sights you saw.
Pressure.. stress.. stress.. 🙂
Hotels = I always stay at the Ibis Euston near Euston/Euston Square station. It’s pretty convenient but after their renos, the prices seem to have gone up from last year : Anyhoo, Ibis is my favourite brand because they’re supposed to be decently cheap versus Hilton or the Marriott and their rooms are a decent size (although in Hong Kong, it was SO tiny I could barely squeeze into the room and onto the bed).
Sights = I saw everything last year, so this year I went to museums for free 🙂 British Museum is my favourite, the Changing of the Guards is horribly boring (esp the horse one), but a must-see I guess. Then it’s the London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, Trafalgar square…
I ate mostly at Whole Foods (love their cheese room at High Street Kensington metro) and Chipotle. London is NOT known for food.
Paris was better… the cheese was the same, as was the wine, but everything else totally flopped in terms of quality.
We went to the Louvre for free (a friend got is in), Musee D’Orsay is a must see and then just dropping off at different metro stations to explore the area (BF is from there). Montmartre, Butte Chaumont, Eiffel Tower, all the usual spots.
As for pastries, I liked Stohrer at Les Halles, Laduree is over priced and
over hyped, Fauchon had better pastries for the higher end pastry shops,
and Pierre Herme had THE BEST macarons.
Didn’t mean to put you under pressure LOL I am very familiar with London, not so much with Paris. I’m planning a trip in April and haven’t been back in so long, it’s nice to hear what other people see/do while they’re there.