Great work on your goals this week! I love that you're striving so hard for financial independence - too many people are willing to rely on credit cards for everything - there is nothing quite like knowing that the money you earn, you actually get to keep because you don't owe it to anyone else.

Ireland is an amazing place, definitely keep it on your list of places to go. It's actually really inexpensive there too (especially in comparison to the rest of Europe).

Haha, it seems like you and I dated the same kind of guys in college. I didn't date a single good guy until I met my husband. Your travel sounds awesome - I'm hoping to get to London in 2011 too.