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Recent splurges - vacation travel. I no longer head automatically to the Motel 6 when I can find a nice historic hotel, and

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Oct 14 '10, 14:57

cruising as a single doesn't come cheap.

On the one hand I know my savings have to last the rest of my life, and on the other I've worked all my life to be able to enjoy retirement, dammit!!

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AAA & AARP cards should get discounts -- nm - peglegpete Oct 14, 15:03 1
- They do for a lot of hotels, and a little bit of train travel. Some cruises have senior discounts, but not all of them, and discounts tend to - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 15:16
Do you not get money from the government every week when you retire? Here you get approx $270 a week when you hit 65. - Loyola Oct 14, 15:01 1
- I get Social Security. I could live on it, but not *live* on it. Fun stuff has to come from savings. -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 15:14
mine would be new camera, and a trip to europe. and I cheap out on cars. -- nm - mafic Oct 14, 15:00 1
- I guess cars would also be one of my splurges. Did I really *need* that Xterra? :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 15:17

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