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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 19:43
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Shakin' Away the I'm-not-at-WDW Blues

Inspired by Sally-Ann's thread and Kristen's article, I decided to do something about the fact that I can't plan a trip quite yet. (Yeah, it makes me *that* sad.) We're paying off credit cards and getting rid of most of them, so planning a trip is not in the cards (pun intended) for a while. I was hoping for Spring, but it's not going to happen.

So I'd decided to take some good advice, and start a little WDW fund. I grabbed a tin box, and each week, I'll stick in whatever I can, along with a picture I drew of one of my favorite WDW things. I'm no artist, but it's good WDW therapy. Today I grabbed the few bucks I had in my pocket from yesterday, said, "That'll buy a Mickey bar," drew a picture of my favorite Maelstrom, and stuck it in the box.

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 20:09
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It's beautiful! Great job, Phill You'll fill that box up in no time! mickey

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 20:15
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That's a really good drawing. I couldn't draw if my life depended on it!

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 20:31
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It's funny, only today I bought a jar to save for extra treats in WDW, it's one that has to be broken when you want the money so I'm hoping to sneak a nice chunk of change in there for our trip in October Smile

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 21:11
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Well, gosh and thanks. I'm not much of an artist, but it's fun.

Also, I'm aiming for Winter 2015, so, I can't reserve yet anyway. sad Tucking a few bucks away is a nice way to start planning, even if I can't think about reservations yet. I figure I'll easily have my deposit by the time they open 2015.

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 21:20
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awesome I love it Phill!

And I'm so glad that you liked the idea - I hope the contents of your Disney jar grow and grow!

Wed, 01/15/2014 - 23:04
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We have a Disney jar that we put change and a few bucks or whatever we have to spare! We start saving as soon as we get back from a trip. It's been about 15 months, our trip is Feb, and we have saved about $500 dollars! So it adds up!

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Wed, 01/15/2014 - 23:46
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I guess I should have read this first before asking the question on your introduction post. Smile

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Fri, 01/17/2014 - 10:28
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Way to go! And I think you are a great artist awesome

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Sat, 01/18/2014 - 16:22
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I don't know if this was posted anywhere, so I apologize. We are in week 3 of January, but it's not too late to start:

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2013/01/05/give-this-super-easy-52-week-savings-plan-a-try-and-have-an-extra-1378-by-the-end-of-the-year/

I think this idea is genius Laughing out loud

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Sun, 01/19/2014 - 19:58
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That's a pretty slick idea!

 
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