A Girl's Guide to Managing the Money You Make While Living the LifeYou Want"Cash in the City is destined to become the urban girl's ultimateguide to a glamorous lifestyle . . . on a shoestring salary. It'soverflowing with sage advice for living well, looking good, andhaving fun. I also found a very powerful and upbeat message foryoung women everywhere-You can create whatever life you desire . .. if you know how to do it right. Juliette Fairley shows the readerprecisely, and with great flair, how to do just that."Barbara Stanny, author of Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How WomenGet Smart About MoneyLooking and feeling good is expensive-especially in America's bigcities. From New York City to Los Angeles, single, young, workingwomen in big cities are finding it increasingly difficult to liveup to the standards set in TV and movies. No longer do you have tosacrifice a night on the town in order to afford those shoes youmust have. By combining financial advice with real-life issues,Cash in the City shows you how to have it all and do it all withoutbreaking the bank. In this first-of-its-kind book, you'll learn howto live the glamorous life, get weekly pedicures, and pay yourbills on time!Cash in the City will help you overcome the obstacles that everyhip young woman from San Francisco to Atlanta, Chicago to Bostonfaces. You'll quickly learn how to avoid money missteps and keepyour finances in order while you decorate your apartment, keepyourself looking good, and negotiate for a raise. Dig in your highheels, crack open this book, and find out how to live life to thefullest, even on a budget. You can be an "It" girl and financiallysavvy all at the same time.

Foreword.Acknowledgments.1. Introduction: The Single, UrbanWoman Landscape.2. Money Missteps to Avoid.3. Stretching Your Dollars.4. Your Home or Your Heels.5. Buying a Home.6. Tools of the Beauty Trade.7. Movin On Up.8. Big Bucks for Businesswomen.9. Money, Men, and Love.10. Plan B for Backup Money.11. Plastic Can Be Drastic.12. Computer Cash.13. Borrowing Against Tomorrow for Today.14. Ladies Who Lunch Without Loot.15. Girlfriend: Get in the Game! UsingInvestment Clubs to CreateCash.Appendix.Index.