conversation: User (pnut_butt): "Got a new job, yay! It pays well right out of school, but I have acquired my new wife's debt which is just the remainder on her car ($5,000) and our debt from the wedding ($11,000). I've calculated my take home AFTER fed and state tax to be ~$75,000. We will be renting for at least a year for ~$2,000-2,200/month (includes living expenses like internet, heat, water, food, etc.). I plan to do all the emergency fund and retirement saving stuff that I see all the time on this subreddit. But my predicament is this: \nWe want to buy a house for approx $200-250k, a new car ~$30k, and take a honeymoon $3k-ish - all as soon as possible, the earlier the better. I know.. We want a lot of things, and fast. \nSo, my question is do you think it is possible to do in 1 year? Two years? If so, how can we do it? Any specific budgeting, saving, and actual number breakdowns would be much appreciated!"
  Self: "New car is a luxury, get a good used car that is safe and reliable in the 3K-7k range.\n\nA cruise can be a cheap vacation if you shop around and can deal with an inside cabin (no windows) and maybe get away for 1.5K for the honeymoon instead of 3K+. The more you save in your retirement plans now is less you will have to save later as the power of compounding over time is on your side. Try to avoid getting into debt besides a house."
  User (pnut_butt): "Unfortunately, sleeping on water is not a good thing because of a fear of the ocean. We were thinking of going overseas (expensive). "
  DoveFlightNow (DoveFlightNow): "Montreal. Great food, Europe feel for continental price."
  User (pnut_butt): "Interesting.. I hadn't considered anything in that area.. Might be cheaper to travel there too. "
  