I'm Almost Sorry I Mentioned It

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My wife and I, and my sister and brother-in-law will all be celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary next year. Their anniversary is in August. Ours is in May. I was thinking with the wife we should go somewhere special for that one. 20 is a bit of a milestone, isn't it? I got to thinking about it. We haven't done a family vacation for at least two years. Maybe we should all get together and run off somewhere together. Last night we talked about it again and they are suggesting some pretty elaborate, expensive places. I want to go somewhere special, don't get me wrong, and it is a special occasion, don't get me wrong there, either. But every time they suggest somewhere it's got to be somewhere that costs thousands of dollars. I'm talking like potentially $6k-$8k. I know we'd have fun. We always do. And it is extra special of an occasion. But come on. For a week? My entire annual camping budget sits around $3k a year, and we have a ton of fun with that. I don't mind spending somewhere around $4k, even if that floors me just a bit. It's not like we don't have the money, but that doesn't mean I necessarily want to spend it. Not on one thing. That's $4k all in, by the way. We have a year to figure it out, and if history serves me, I will be bound to spending more than I want to no matter what inputs I offer. So, that's a year for me to creatively finance things as well to reduce actual out of pocket spending. But damn it. Here we go again. I'm almost sorry I mentioned it! lol