Poll - $2-5k on purse or vacation?

[lasagnasshole]

I haven't been on any trip with my H since our honeymoon (over 6 years ago) that didn't involve a wedding or visiting family or friends.

I would club a baby seal for a vacation with just the two of us.

[mrssandro]

I think if you put this say on S&B you would get a different result.

[gogreengowhite]

Vacation!

Except if would probably be taking the days off while I stayed home and slept while I sent the kids to daycare. Then put the $3k in savings because I suck at spending that much money.

[cosmos]

I love purses but I love traveling more. If it's either/or, vacation wins.

[ijack]

Vacation

[WOT?*]

I generally spend less than that on purses and more than that on vacations. Maybe a long weekend? With a less expensive purse.

[lasagnasshole]

May 22, 2014 12:03:50 GMT -5 melmaria said:

May 22, 2014 11:53:12 GMT -5 lasagnasshole said:

I haven't been on any trip with my H since our honeymoon (over 6 years ago) that didn't involve a wedding or visiting family or friends.

I would club a baby seal for a vacation with just the two of us.

You're planning a trip to Mexico soon, right?  Or am I confusing you with someone else?

Probably DR because it is a little cheaper, but "soon" is relative.

The plan is to do it after H quits his job and before he starts the new one, but we have no idea when he will get to start. So I am basically working tons of overtime so that we'll be able to pay for it whenever the time comes.

[Pom]

May 22, 2014 12:00:43 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

May 22, 2014 11:50:11 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Bag people I want to see who you are =D

FWIW, I had to self-identify as a vacation person in this poll.  I love my handbags and all, but if push came to shove vacation would win out over handbags 10 times out of 10.  

+1

[Deleted]

Real life, we are choosing "finishing the basement" but given the 50/50 choice above, I also picked vacation. Yay.

[flatlan]

Vacation for sure! I am not really a purse person but I love me a vacation!

[lasagnasshole]

May 22, 2014 12:13:41 GMT -5 melmaria said:

May 22, 2014 12:10:41 GMT -5 lasagnasshole said:

Probably DR because it is a little cheaper, but "soon" is relative.

The plan is to do it after H quits his job and before he starts the new one, but we have no idea when he will get to start. So I am basically working tons of overtime so that we'll be able to pay for it whenever the time comes.

Fingers crossed for an early-as-possible start!  I know his job has been rough.

Thanks.

My ideal would be the first week of October, I think.

The money would be tight to do it now. OT will go away October 1, so I'll have earned all the extra I can. AND it would have the added bonus of really fucking over his boss ("Oh, there's an election in a month? Boo fucking hoo, fuck you, I'm out!").

Realistically, I'm guessing that we're looking at November or December. I'd be kind of surprised if he gets the green light before November 1.

[Deleted]

We spend between $10k -$15k a year on vacations and I buy Target purses. Pretty easy question for me. lol.

[felicity]

May 22, 2014 12:10:02 GMT -5 @juno said:

May 22, 2014 12:01:46 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

What is it that you hate about traveling?  Planning it?  Being in unfamiliar surroundings?  Not liking the food?  The people?  I'm curious because while I generally think of myself as being able to appreciate another person's point of view, this is one thing that has seriously never computed with me.

I don't like crowds, I don't like being away from home, I don't like being away from my dogs, DH and I tend to fight when we are stressed, and being in unfamiliar surroundings without our dogs and things and away from work makes us both really stressed.  I'm also a very strict vegetarian (down to no animal rennet cheeses or gelatin), which can be difficult in some places, but I generally can get around that, it just adds to the stress.  I think being an extreme introvert plays into it.  We do plenty of driving trip weekends, but air travel puts me right over the line.

I'm not crazy about traveling, so you aren't alone The traveling part of traveling is what I don't like, and for me it totally overshadows the rest of the trip. It's just so much work to get places and I'm usually kind of let down after all of the anticipation. I'm also an extreme introvert so I'm sure that's part of it too. 

[KaraOrNot]

Vacation, for sure!

[Deleted]

Vacation and I don't scrimp on vacations either. 11-11.5 months out of the year, we live a pretty modest lifestyle but if I am traveling I am staying in 4 star and up hotels and eating good food!

[ESF]

There's a pretty big difference between a $2k vacation and a $5k vacation. I mean, we are going to spend around $2k on the 5 night vacation to Seattle/Orcas Islands that we are leaving for tomorrow. It's going to be a nice trip and I'm looking forward to it, but I could forgo it easily for a $2k thing that I really, really wanted that would last me a long time.

If we are talking about the vacation I'd take with $5k, then yeah, that's what I want.

[auberge]

Vacation. I barely get out of workout clothes at this point in my life so a bag does nothing for me. Lol

[pantsparty]

ABSOLUTELY a vacation! Some of my favorite memories are exploring new places with my H.  (heart)

[jlt19]

Memories/experiences are much more important to me than "things". DH is sort of the opposite. I guess good for us we have money to do neither

[CloudBee]

I love handbags, but I would choose a vacation in a heartbeat.

[Deleted]

In that price range, bag wins. There are a lot of classic bags that I would love to have that are $2-$5k, but our memorable trips tend to be out of that price range.

If we were talking $10,000, vacation would win.

[krystee]

I would have a similar level excitement upon purchasing a $500 bag as I would a $5,000 bag, so the additional $4,500 is not worth it for me. A $5,000 vacation would be substantially more thrilling to me than a really cheap vacation, so the extra splurge is more justifiable for me.

I can completely understand someone saying that a trip is done in a week while a bag lives on for years. But experiences are priceless to me.

[h]

Vacation.

I will not spend $2-5k on a bag unless and until we reach a point that we have money to burn (ahead of the game for retirement, kids' secondary and college educations paid for, etc.). I love handbags but I feel bad spend more than a few hundred on one while we still have so many other big expenses.

Yet I have no problem spending a few thousand on a vacation.

[bunnysmom]

I love traveling, so I would absolutely chose a vacation! But, from where I live, I don't think I can do much with 5k

[L]

I'd buy the bag to console myself over the fact that I work all the damn time and can't take a vacation this year.

[wanderlustfoodie]

For purposes of this very binary poll, vacation.

[wanderlustfoodie]

May 22, 2014 13:56:02 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

May 22, 2014 13:08:34 GMT -5 v said:

In that price range, bag wins. There are a lot of classic bags that I would love to have that are $2-$5k, but our memorable trips tend to be out of that price range.

If we were talking $10,000, vacation would win.

Oh, see, I just basically used the $5K as a base and then was like, 'Sure, I'd rather put that money toward a great vacation than buy a handbag.'  Not that I had to top out at $5K.

Though I will say from the west coast you can do a long weekend at FS Hualalai for around $5K.  So there's that going for me if I'm stuck at a $5K maximum.  It's short but still absolutely worth it.  

This is what I did, too.

[Susie]

May 22, 2014 14:04:33 GMT -5 wanderlustfoodie said:

For purposes of this very binary poll, vacation.

Yes, because for me?  Bike.  

Bike > Vacation > Home improvements > Handbag

[rose1203]

May 22, 2014 11:50:03 GMT -5 @sfgal530 said:

I'd take the international vacation so I could buy the purse abroad with a favorable exchange rate and no tax. How's that for being MM?

This!

Even though I posted the $3k bag question, I would choose travel OVER a purse! But, I also love luxury items so it would be awesome if I could travel to Paris and buy a luxury purse (Hmmmm.....maybe that is what I will do!)

[Ashley&Scott]

Vacation, no question.