Posts Tagged ‘travel’
Just A Few More Days
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Oh how I count the days until I’m out of here…at least for the weekend. We used to take a trip to the beach every year, but the past couple of years have been a little tight for us budget-wise. That’s why it’s so nice to be able to take this trip now.
Hubby and I had a talk tonight. We were making a final list of what we need to take, going over directions since he’s never been to Edisto, and just talking about what we’re going to do on the trip. We agreed that even though we both really want children, we admit we wouldn’t be able to afford this trip at all right now if we did have a baby. We’d be spending our money on the typical baby necessities like the Maclaren stroller I like, diapers, a car seat, and don’t even get me started on the nursery.
We wouldn’t have the ability to take the dog with us if we had a baby in tow, and we wouldn’t be able to meet up and hang out with friends like we plan to do. As much as we want children we both agreed we definitely enjoy the freedom we have without them. We’ve agreed that we’re not going to try to force the beginnings of a family. It will happen when it happens, and we’re going to enjoy this time we have to do things like this right now.
Tags: beach vacation, children baby stroller, edisto beach, maclaren stroller, travel
Planning Ahead For Europe
Hubby and I are currently trying to plan a trip to Europe. We know it’ll be awhile before we get to take this trip, but if I can come up with some general pricing for what we want to do I’ll have something to work with. It makes it easier for me to save that way because I have a set goal. We may not be to the stage where we’re getting passports and boarding planes yet, but we know we’ve got to start somewhere.
Hubby wants to go to Amsterdam and Ibiza. My list is much longer than that. I’d like to start in Ireland before hitting Amsterdam, but that’s by no means where I’d like to spend the entire trip. If I’m in Europe, I want to go everywhere and see everything. This isn’t going to be some small trip. We’re planning to take at least two weeks.
Why? We figure we’re 26, no kids, and we’re full of energy. Why not? If we don’t take our dream trip now then we might not ever get a chance to take it. There will be kids in our future, a house to build, probably even unforeseen expenses. Then we know we’d probably have to wait until our kid’s are out of the house before we’d have a chance to take the trip. We don’t want to wait that long. We want to live in the moment, and we want to do it now.
Yeah I don’t see it as something we’ll get to do within the next year, but if I start saving now that brings us closer to the day we can make the trip. I’m setting my goal now, and I’m going to try to have all the cash saved up within 2 years. There’s a good possibility it’ll be before then, but I just want to make sure this trip is going to be one we’ll remember forever. We’re not going cheap. Everything will be just the way we want it, and if that costs us a fortune, oh well. It’ll be well worth it to us.
Tags: planning vacation in europe, travel, travling to europe
