Wicked Financial Planning

[windelina]

So, last night I continued reading "Wicked" and we did financial planning.
How obvious.

We talked about our budgets and what we need to save for, so we are going to start little side savings for Conventions, Birthdays, and Travel (BNAT, Fringe, vacations). We're shifting some of the utilities around (more accurately, I'm taking more of them because I make more).
We set up a chore schedule for things we'd like to make sure are done on a regular basis. Sweeping and laundry being the top of the list.
I get to start taking voice lessons again.
And we need a lot more money in savings, unsurprisingly.

Then we ate mac-n-cheese and watched ROTK extras. Cuz I bought ROTK yesterday (for only $8! cuz I had a $25 gift card).

Possible vacations for the year:
- taking the week off for Fringe and getting Ultrapasses
- BNAT, as always
- CVG and Omegacon
and we'd really like to do a roadtrip to DC. Maybe over Memorial Day weekend? birdfigment and azure_armand, how would you feel about weekend guests? If you're even in town that weekend. It'd be nice to see you (regardless of sleeping arrangements) if we manage to make it!
I've got to do some research into that - check cost-of-fuel vs. airfare, admission fees to things, etc. But I've never been to DC and I've always wanted to go!

And we still need to finish up the wedding album purchase with our photographer (who was fantastic and we love her and we shouldn't be jerking her around like this).
And there's the impending More-Debt of grad school for teaching licensure too.

Hey, jklumpp, I wanna talk to you about grad schoolish things.
And WombatSocho! Are you gonna be at the Asylum tomorrow?!? I wanna pick your brain too!

Weekend plans are extensive:
- tomorrow I will accomplish things around the house that may include: working on the bathroom wall, making the last polar fleece curtain, taking down the xmas tree, clearing the porch of things that shouldn't be out there, re-arranging the upstairs hall closet (These are the possible projects, I do not intend to accomplish all of them. Obviously.)
- then I will go to the Asylum for movies
- Sunday is a concom meeting and the board elections, and then we're having a pubs meeting after
- And there's always Wick Movie Night
- And I should do some costume shopping for "The Crucible"

Comments

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

I think guests any time would be lovely. As far as I know, we'll be in town - but that's a ways off at this point. I'll check with J and see what he thinks, but probably! We'd love to see you.

Oh, and airfare can be really cheap sometimes - $150 or so - while the drive is... long. And involves tolls. So you might want to fly. But the Smithsonian, of course, is all free. :-)

[windelina.livejournal.com]

*drool* Smithsonian!! Squee!

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

When my mom and I went, she found supercheap airfare+hotel deal. I don't remember what it cost, specifically, but I'm sure it was under $300 a piece, maybe under $250. Check Travelocity- for as long as a drive as that would be it would probably be worth it to find a cheapie fare.

[wombat-socho.livejournal.com]

and we'd really like to do a roadtrip to DC. Maybe over Memorial Day weekend?...I've got to do some research into that - check cost-of-fuel vs. airfare, admission fees to things, etc. But I've never been to DC and I've always wanted to go!

If you're playing tourist - and I'm sure your friends there would agree with me - the best thing to do would be to leave the car at home and fly into either Reagan National or Dulles. Maybe BWI if you can make the ATA/Southwest connection work for you with somebody picking you up on the other end or the rail connection to DC. From previous experience I think the airfare vs. gas & hotel & food cost is a wash.
Anyway, Washington has a great mass transit system, especially if you are playing tourist...God, the Smithsonian alone would eat a week or two if you wanted to see all of it, and there's so much more to see that I'm not sure a month would be enough.

I love and I hate it but I need it all the same, to steal the Aerosmith lyric...

[gunthar.livejournal.com]

and we'd really like to do a roadtrip to DC. Maybe over Memorial Day weekend?

If you are trying to do DC in less than a week, you really need to fly. Otherwise you'll be kicking yourself for wasting so much time driving there instead of being there.

There are just so many free things to do and see in the capital. You'll soon understand that time is the limiting factor on your visit, not money.

And bringing a car to DC is just plain silly. Traffic is so nightmarish and the lightrail system is such a breeze to use.