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Yesterday at work I spent the day talking with my work friend Emily, who is getting married in June. Not to be confused with my other friend Emily who is getting married in June. The Ohio Emily, not the Texas one.

Anyhow.

She mentioned that for their honeymoon they had booked a Baltic Sea cruise.

I immediately went “OMGPolandRussiaLatviaFinlandSwedenTAKEMEWITHYOU!!!”

Then she mentioned that they could only do it because of how inexpensive it is to cruise right now, you know, after that Italian cruise ship ran aground a few months ago and everyone jumped ship. Apparently that’ll freak people out of booking cruises. So in an attempt to fill rooms, prices are dropping like flies.

Those were the magic words, all the convincing I needed that we the Baltic Sea was in the cards for us this summer!

And then, because I’m a glutton for punishment, I logged onto Royal Caribbean’s website and saw that it was only $894 per person. $894!!!! That’s SO cheap! SO cheap for an abroad cruise…even our Alaska cruise was several hundred dollars more expensive!

I texted Ted all the sweet details and said, “Sooooo, cruise?”

He responded, “HA!”

Then added, “If you can keep it under $1,000 per person, sure.”

So I checked airfare prices from Cincinnati to Stockholm, Sweden.

$1,300 per person.

INSANITY.

My dreams have been dashed, stomped on, torn to shreds and abandoned.

It was tragic.

Because – Poland, Russia, Sweden, Finland, and Latvia – really!? YES PLEASE.

So I filled my mind with thoughts of the bright blue skinny jeans I’ve been loving lately and am jonesing to buy when the time is right.

So I went searching online for those instead.

$174

Let’s be real here friends, my prom dresses cost less than $100.

If I’m going to shell out $174 for bright blue jeans, they better be magical.

I don’t mean they better look magical, although they damn well must.

I mean actually be magical.

Grant wishes and produce Genies and stuff.

$174 for jeans and $1,300 for a flight.

Pffffft.

So we settled for a split platter of nachos instead.

A fair compromise.

And don’t look up cruises, airfare, or skinny jeans unless you’re rolling in $$$ or are an utter glutton for punishment.

Wisdom for your Saturday.

Have a great weekend!