I was going to post the day before i left saying i was going away but i was super busy organizing things that i didn't get a chance. Then i was going to do it when i arrived but couldn't get to a computer, then i spent my vacation doing what i came there to do and never got around to it. I am sure you can understand.
Anyway i will blog about my adventures on the trip back home on another post.
For now i gotta say it was weird transferring all the money i saved up for the trip into the account so the BF can get it in travelor's cheques. For, what felt like the longest time, i saved and saved watching that fund go up and up and then in the space of 30 seconds it went from over $2500.00 to $2.50. I know it was going to happen eventually and i know it went to a great cause, but still it was a little disheartening
Anyway we did have a awesome time. Unfortunately i did have to dip into my credit card and get some cash out for that to help pay for stuff while in Shanghai (we spent two nights on the way back) but its all good. I can't be to thrifty on a trip otherwise i wouldn't have had the time i did. But we spent every cent of it and it was all worth it. Our main goal now is to pay off the debts. Me and the BF had a talk about this before i took the money out. We agreed that we need to focus on paying as much as possible before Easter next year. Then we can go back to saving hard core (while still paying the rest of the debts off) and go away again (somewhere else this time) next September. I think the BF realized just how hard i worked to get us both to Australia and how if you work hard you can get big rewards like travelling to amazing places. I claims to be a changed man in this regard but we shall see. Anyway like i said my goal is to pay as much debt as possible. If i can save little under 5 grand in 5 months to get to Aus i am sure i can do the same and take a big chuck off our debts.
The worst part is that just before we left for the trip we got a upsetting bill from the BF phone company. Apparantley we owe them 1200. It turns out that the phone the BF got was always pocket dailing people and as he doesn't open his phone bills often enough he didn't realize until we got this one. He claims it was only meant to be 100 a month (which i gave him to pay) but his pocket dialed more. I don't know what to believe but the company says we owe it. So we cancelled the plan and we are waiting for the complete amount we owe. At the time i didn't want to get to stressed about it as i was about to go away but now i am a little pissed but nothing really i can do about it except work out paying it. So there is another one to add to the debts. Also in the talk me and BF said he told me that i should hold on to his credit card (so he doesn't use it or take moneh from it) and we can add that to the debt payment plan. Great another debt. But its on the list and now we are working to pay it off together.. again, like i said lets see how this goes.
In relation to weight.. as expected going on vacation i gained a little. Not as much as i expected (thanks to all the walking we did) but still. Now i am focusing back on weight loss. But that is for another time.
Anyway this post is getting longer then expected so i will blog about my trip another time but at least you know the reason...