The day before my birthday I bought my one way plane ticket to Beijing (happy birthday to me!). Using the incredible ITA Matrix Airfare Search I was able to find out about an amazing deal on my long international flight. My lovely Aunt is paying for my flight from Boston to Seattle and I’ll be visiting with them for a week before continuing on so I only had to worry about flying Continue reading
For some unknown reason - seriously I really can’t pinpoint why - I was over in quite a few categories this month. Not by any astronomical amount or anything but still more than planned. The only one I know the exact reason for going over was my ‘Travel items’ budget….because I bought my one way ticket to China! I guess some months life just happens and you have to take Continue reading
It’s time for the April travel budget round up! This one is going to look a bit crazy for multiple reasons. For one thing, I bought my Macbook Air! I’m extremely excited and can’t wait for it to come in. I did a lot of research and ended up buying a refurbished version for $866, so that’s why my “Travel items” category is so over budget. However I got $935 Continue reading
After nearly 2 years of planning and 1.5 years of saving (the first 6 months went to paying off student loans) the time has finally come to starting spending all my hard earned money…and boy does it hurt. For so long I have pinched pennies and cut corners to put as much money as possible into my travel fund so to switch my mentality from saving to spending? Not an Continue reading
After taking the last few months off from budgeting I decided that with only a few months left of work I needed to buckle down and get back into saving as much money as possible. My goal is to save $20,000 by the time I leave for my travels - which is no small feat in a year and a half on my salary - so keeping track is going Continue reading
In my last budget post I mentioned that I was going to get back on the budgeting horse! I’m already finding it a bit difficult to begin recording every single thing I spend again. But however nice it was to not think so hard about my finances, I realize it’s a necessary evil. So that brings to my monthly budget countdown! At the end of each month I’m going to Continue reading
When I first made the decision that I was going to eventually quit my job to travel the world I was excited. The kind of excited that makes chills go down your arms and this indescribable feeling bubble up inside you that usually comes out as either a bright smile or a burst of laughter. Then I suddenly remembered that travel costs money - money I did not currently possess. Continue reading