Happy 5 year Anniversary to us

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JP and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary early last weekend. What ended up being a Sushi Den dinner out turned into a Downtown night out. JP and I didn't want our night to end when we were finishing up our amazing meal at Sushi Den, so we got a last minute hotel in downtown Denver and celebrated some more. We decided we could increase our budget to $500 for 5 years of marriage and it was so much fun!
Just looking at the picture makes my mouth water, I just love sushi.

I have mentioned before that JP and I really do not do that much when it comes to birthdays and anniversaries. We usually just do a date night out and enjoy each other, so for us to impromptu have a Downtown Denver night out, it's a big deal for us. We went to a speakeasy, found the best green chili that we have had in Colorado and continued the night into brunch the next morning. We always have the best conversations and of course we discussed budgeting and how bad we were being for staying downtown. It was the best celebration and worth it all.

Of course, being us... we discussed where this extra money would come from and decided to take it out of our travel money. So, one future travel destination will have a little less money for that trip. It's ok to give into your desires and splurge a little, you just have to know that you have that money somewhere and make sure your splurges are few and not all the time. We decided that we would go big on our 10 year anniversary. Hopefully by then our goal of paying off our house will have happened. 

What do you do for celebrations? What do you splurge on? Be sure to share, like, comment and subscribe.

Happy 5 years, B. Thank you for all that you do. I love you.

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