Since I am now Ouagalaise, as they say here, I've been living like a total city girl. I eat out several times a week, go to events like Waga Hip Hop and SIAO, regularly head out for drinks with friends, buy fabric material and have clothes made by my tailor, I even signed up at a local gym!
In other words.....Im broke!!
But how can I not be? This is Ouaga, the capital city! There are just too many fun things to see and do....whats a girl to do?
At SIAO, Burkina's biennual arts and crafts fair
What's strange is that in the past couple months Ive done and spent money on things that I dont even necessarily like! Since September I have gone bowling FOUR times...which is probably more times than Ive gone in my entire life.
Charley and I (in one of my tailor-made dresses)
I grab celebrity magazines as if they're rare priceless jewlels, looking through them to find different styles of dresses or skirts that my new tailor friend can make me. In the States, I would rather have eaten a plate of maggots then step foot in anything related to a shopping mall.
I've never been a beer drinker but apparently I am now. Every time I go out with friends I grab a beer...or two. And recenty Ive gotten into this habit of (warning to beer lovers: the following will make you cringe) mixing my beer with tonic or sprite to turn it into this cheap champagne-like concoction.
Sigh...so while these past couple months of enjoying what Ouaga has to offer have been fun, I vow
to put an end to my frivolous and expensive ways. Emilie Crofton is now hereby
on a budget.
New rules: I can only spend 1,500 CFA ($3) a day on food and I can only drink beer (or my champagne brew) once a week...okay twice a week.
Contemplating my last beer (or two) for the week
Why dont I just stop spending money on new outfits and other unnecessary items, you may ask?
Baby steps people....baby steps
We will see how long I last
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