We told the kids that we would take the family to Disneyland next year if we could stay out of debt after the tax return and bonus came in. We paid off or debts but unfortunately they were $4000 higher than I had seen when I made that promise so our margin for error was much smaller.
I made that deal with Laura hoping to give her a reason to hope that being more frugal – living within our means – would be worth it and that the family could have something nice as a result. Laura has made it clear today that while she wants to go to Disneyland she hopes that we can do that without limiting our spending before hand. She’s asking about cashing out my 401K and taking those penalties to mortgage any future so that we can spend freely now.
I am no longer expecting to go to Disneyland next year. I’ll be thrilled if we contain our spending enough to still go but I’m not going to act as if it’s a foregone conclusion anymore.
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