save money for traveling

I’m a spender. I need to stop buying all the things I dont need, like new clothes, dvd’s and cd’s.. And aaall the other stuff that I think I need.. I dont need them! I have to be honest with myself. I have to say no ! From now on I’ll try just to use money on things I actually need. If I dont do that, If I’m not getting better at this… I will NEVER get enough money to travel around the world!

Instead of starting on my education next year, I want to travel the world and experience more about life and my self! I have never been much of a saver.. But now that I have found something I REALLY want to do, I cant let the chance of doing that slip away! I have to save all the money I can afford to save, and maybe next year I will be able to travel to my favorite places. Like Peru, China, Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Italy, Spain, Japan, Russia etc… There is so much to do in this world, and too little time and money to do it!

The last weekend of August, and all throughout September I will be taking on shifts at my old job (retail) to help out with their big birthday sale and to make an extra $500. I’m hoping that me and my man can afford to take a trip to San Francisco either for Christmas or for a weekend get-away.

1. Portland, 2 comics-related fairs coming up, one in August, one in October
2. The countryside, Wisconsin, where my parents live; to run around in their yard, feed rabbits and chickens, play with dog, sit around a fire pit and drink beer and make s’mores, ...
3. New York, to visit 3 sets of friends
4. Ireland, no city in mind, just somewhere with pubs and castles, is that everywhere? ha ha
5. Savannah, GA, so Max can show me where he went to college and lived for 6 years…
6. Arizona or New Mexico, because we are from the South and the Midwest and have never seen desert
7. European tour, take a month and keep moving…
8. and here in good ol’ Washington: the coast, Snoqualmie Falls, Mt. Rainier, the rainforest, Olympia (visit friends)