Traveling in My this and that

So, about 40 minutes after I wrote that last entry, Ben sat down beside me and said “lets just make a decision. Let’s decide we’re going to Europe, and we’ll save as much as we can and if we don’t save quite enough, we’ll borrow from our savings” I know borrowing from our savings is NOT something he wants to do, and to be honest neither do I. I’m going to work extra hard to save money. That means cooking EVERY DAY, no eating out, no impulse grocery shopping just because I’m lazy. That means, thinking ahead and making sure meat is taken out of the freezer and thawed. That means, curbing my buying of make up. That means another year of no buying clothes, OR FABRIC! I’ve been blessed with abundant amounts of fabric, so now just use what I’ve got. Maybe I’ll even learn to shop sales at the grocery store instead of just buying whatever I want. Also, I’m not going to go to the naturopath. I do want to be healthy… but I can be healthy in what I eat and exercise, and if I need medical help I’ll go to a doctor at a clinic that’s completely covered… so there are things I can do to save, and Ben has mentioned when we know exactly what we are saving for it won’t be so hard to turn down the $2 coffees at Tim Horton’s. Every $2 counts!

So last night we spent well over an hour looking at topdeck.travel trying to find the perfect tour for us. We know someone who used that site, and had an amazing vacation. So many choices! Turkey, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Scotland! I’m not even exactly sure how we will decide… but we’ll figure it out. (Did you know there is a tour of the cost of Turkey for less than $800 for six days?!?!?! craziness… no that doesn’t include airfare, but it does include all breakfasts, and some dinners, and your 5 nights in hotels, plus guided tours!)

So it’s fun to look and see what’s available, but also decision making can be hard! Of course don’t want to choose the most expensive one, but I also don’t want to be camping the whole time… I’m leaning towards Italy, but the one we liked may be a bit pricey for us by a few hundred dollars, so we’ll see.