With love

I've started my journey to this today.

While talking to a man at my bank about my credit score, and about other grown-up things, I blurted out "How do I start saving money to take a trip to Paris?" And it came out without me thinking about it.

I mean, I know HOW to start saving. It starts with not spending money on other stuff and to start putting it toward this. But I wanted to know the best way.

And I mean, it's not like I've never thought about it -- it's really the one place I've ever consistently thought about. The one place in the world I have to visit before I die. I had a poster of Paris up in my college bedroom to remind myself every day of my long-term goals. I have an Eiffel Tower locket that has "2017" written inside it for years because that's my goal date. (Now that I'm closer to 2017, I wonder if 2019 is more attainable or better as a celebration for my 30th ... but maybe not!)

I've always said I need to visit before I have kids or I never will go. And that means starting to save for it today, I think.

This was a goal I had for 2014. To begin. And so today, it begins.