Hi RIP friends, I’m in US, visiting Hooliland this week. The weather is awesome even though it’s January. Spending free time biking among pelicans and squirrels is simply amazing. Among the (many) things I don’t like about US, there’s this one that I really, really hate: tips. In US, you tip
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Are we spendypants? RIP vs The Average Swiss
Hi frugal RIP friends, In the previous post about my FIWE trip report I mentioned how I felt like being the spendypants of the party. After 3-4 talks about “how we live with 500 Eur in SUPPOSED_EXPENSIVE_CITY“, or “How to travel with 100 Eur in your pocket INSTEAD OF GOING
Read moreI don’t get credit cards
Hi RIP friends, I got my first real Credit Card few days ago. I didn’t own one before. Well, as I’ve explained previously, I had some sort of similar tools, like rechargeable debit cards and Hooli issued credit cards, but they’re not the same thing. I never had this sort of monthly threat “pay your
Read moreGifts Ideas: ideas!
2016, December 24th Hi RIP friends, Those who know me know how I don’t usually like gifts. No, I’m not an ultra evil person, let me explain it a little bit more. I hate to have to buy gifts for “special occasions”, which appear to be every other day. The RIPs are very social,
Read moreBeauty Case
Good morning RIP minions! Today we’ll take a look at the minimalist body care of a FI seeker. I told you about my last visit to Hooliland, didn’t I? Well, let’s take a look at my travel beauty case: What a big bag! It will surely be full of products!
Read moreBig Spender
Hi RIP fellows, This post is about splurges. I’ve previously mentioned that I spend ~60K CHF per year, on track for the unambitious prize of the least frugal FIRE seeker of the world. So let’s show off how I burn my money by the thousands! Actually no, this is not
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