Yikes! I was super wrong. I am currently putting together budgets for the next year for things I want to do and things we are doing.
- We are in 3 out of town weddings which means 3 weddings x2 (flights and hotels + all the bridal stuff + gifts), 3 showers, 3 BPs. In addition I am in another wedding but it's local but hotels will still be needed and the BP is in Vegas.
- We also have friends having babies and some travel is needed for baptisms.
- We also decided to run a half marathon which recommends a few trial races (smaller ones working up the big one) x2 again.
- We also have a laundry list of things that have to get purchased for the house this summer (we've already cut the want list out all together)
The things above are have to do things, and I do not mean to write that in a negative way at all. I love weddings, in fact I may even be in love with them, believe me I wouldn't miss them oh well unless I had something just terrible happen (which has happened twice in my life). However great they are the fact is they are still expensive.
Additional want to dos that are currently off the list unless I win the lottery
- join friends on their yearly trip to Vegas for March Madness (we say we'll do it every year but something always comes up)
- A trip to Seattle (to have good fish and to check the Mariner stadium off our baseball tour list)
- 525 girls weekend in Florida
- join friends for a 30th Birthday surprise (in Vegas...I'm beginning to think my life would be less expensive if I lived in Vegas)
- A trip to Philly where we can actually watch the Phillies play - more for the hubs
- A trip to Utah to ski and do the Olympic Bobsled (this has been a number 1 priority for the hubs since the winter Olympics...maybe next year?)
- Attend some other sporting events - specific to the baseball tour
- visit my grandmother to see Wicked
- Our 1 year anniversary trip we said we'd take.... a year ago....
Now I know people who do it all and maybe they can do it all but the question is how? Do you put it all on credit? Do you ask other people to pay for it? Do you barter services on Craigs List? Some one tell me how you do it because to be honest, I want to do everything on this list. I will barter, I will barter down to every last item in my closest, I will even go as far as giving up my ovaries - see I'm for real. Let's make it happen people.
Side note: we are also saving to visit my bestie in Germany and then to adopt kids...how do you save while doing all the above? Answer that and I'll make you some Monster Cookies from Jess's recipe.
