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I was surprised to receive an email last week saying I had sold a couple of t-shirts from my Albanian Designs t-shirt shop. I’m not convinced the designs are particularly good (I’m not a designer) and was surprised anyone would spend money on them! Still, I’m not complaining.
Since then I’ve added another 10 [...]

The last 2 weeks have been extremely stressful. Finding an apartment in Paris has been more difficult than I expected. No one would rent to me. About a week ago a landlord in Boulogne said I could rent his tiny apartment for 890 euros per month. It’s ridiculously expensive, even for Paris, [...]

The apartment hunt has been very difficult. No real estate agency will accept me as a tenant as I don’t have someone in France to act as guarantor, someone who will pay my rent if I can’t. I don’t understand why this is so important and surely most people wouldn’t have someone who can do [...]

I saw something strange today. I saw a blind man wearing dark sunglasses and walking with a cane. Nothing unusual there. It was quite a busy street and everyone was getting out of his way. The strange thing was when I saw him look at his watch to see the time. Obviously [...]

The apartment hunt is starting to pick up. I was offered the apartment I saw in Boulogne but at 890 euros per month for a small studio I decided not to accept it. I’m sure I can find a nice 1 bed in Levallois for that price.
Today is a public holiday and Ferbent [...]

The ‘renovated’ apartment I saw yesterday was pretty mediocre but I’ve decided to take it, if they accept my dossier. It’s only 720 euros per month which isn’t too bad for a 1 bed apartment in Paris. It’s not as nice as I’d hoped but it’s within budget which is the main thing. [...]

I’ve been in Paris for a few days looking for a new apartment. I’m on a limited budget of 800 euros a month and so I’m finding it difficult to find what I want. I definitely want a one bed apartment which has been recently renovated. Floorboards and a separate kitchen are preferable [...]

I’ve spent most of the morning preparing my ‘dossier’ so I’ll be prepared for my house hunting in Paris tomorrow. It was difficult to find an apartment here in Montpellier because neither of us had an income in France. I have an income in Australia but most agencies wouldn’t accept that income. [...]

I had my first sale on my Buy Organic website today. Someone bought some organic cotton baby clothes. The sale was for $80 so I got an $8 commission. Not a lot, I know, but at least now I can see that people are willing to buy online if they find what they are [...]

The customer service people at CafePress are useless. I’ve been having some trouble with my Albanian Designs shop at CafePress lately. About half of the designs aren’t coming up in their Market Place search engine. I was really annoyed because they are all correctly tagged (the means by which their search engine finds designs) and [...]

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