It's hard to be a baller when your money is the dollar

I had heard that Paris was expensive, but holy crap! I was not pepared for the speed at which I would be hemmorhaging money. Some examples of what I am seeing at the cafés in my neighborhood:

Tea & Cake: 8 euros
Salad with baked goat cheese: 12 euros
Bottle of water at a cafe 4 euros
Cheapest fixed-price lunch: 18 euros

Living in Paris... priceless (?!)

I guess I have to bear in mind that I am staying in the heart of Paris, so it's the most expensive part of the most expensive city in France. But still, it's painful.

BTW, multiply all of those prices by 1.4 to get the value in dollars. With the current exchange rate, even the "5 euro footlongs" at Subway don't really seem like a good value.