I don’t want to talk about money because that means I need to calculate how much I spent each month and that means I would feel bad about myself…. but! I think it’s necessary to talk about this for both you and me. To give you the general idea, I’ll just write down what I bought everyday. (sacrificing my privacy for you guys!) Btw, I am with a host family, which means I don’t need to worry about buying foods (except that I had snacks almost everyday.)
Here goes the September spending:
(I don’t have record before 9/6… but I know that I bought a shampoo, body washer, toothpaste, a phone, and also I made a trip to laundry )
9/6
-gelato 1.60
-toner 5.99
-tapa 2
9/7
-beer+tapa 4
-piña colada 7 (it was worth the money)
-shot 1
(proud to announce that all my spending this day was dedicated to drinking)
9/9
-bus ticket for Portugal 62
-dessert 2.09
-postcards 2
9/10
-laundry 8 euros (laundry here is very expensive. It’s 4.80 only for washing.)
-granola bar & nuts 5.87
<@ portugal>
9/11
-added credits to phone 30
-bikini 30.95
-dinner 15
-hotel for portugal 30
9/12
-water, panini 4.20
-water, orange 0.87
-transportation 2.50
-granola bar 2.39
-dinner 23
9/13
-cruise 10
-postcard 1
-lunch 5
-fruit salad 5.50
-dinner 10 sth.
9/14
-breakfast 0.70
-lunch 4
<back to salamanca>
9/16
-croissant 2
-stamps 4.50
-book 24.70
-stationery 3.10
9/17
-tortilla 1
-book 9.50
9/18
-more stationary 8
9/19
-chocolate 2
-drink 1.50
9/20
-cloth 12.95
-perfume 44.43 (biggest regret)
9/22
-granola& body towel 2.67
9/23
-donut 1.80
9/24
-muffin 0.65
-laundry 4.80
-gelato 2
9/25
-juice 0.80
9/26
-digestive crackers 2.40
9/27
-lunch 5
9/28
-two txt books 88 (some txtbooks are available at fotocopiadora, meaning, you can get the black and white copy of the txtbook.
that way you can save a LOT of money. I ended up spending 88 because I did not realize that my super expensive econ txtbook
was available at the fotocopiadora)
-print 1.10
9/30
-rainboots 34.99
In total, I spent 534.55 + euros (including the obscure spending till 9/6)
Janice Han
<p><span style="color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(237, 237, 237);">Janice is a junior from Claremont McKenna College, majoring in Government and Literature. Although Janice was born in California, she grew up in South Korea for almost twenty years before she came back to SoCal for college. Janice loves chocolate ice creams, Dostoevsky, ribbons (blue and pink), Korean food, (her) diary and black dresses. She also likes to write stories, cook, bake, and bask in the sun. Janice has never been to Europe and is super excited to spend her semester in Spain.</span></p>
