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Diamonds (and vacations) are a girl's best friend

When you are married and planning to take a vacation by yourself you feel adventurous and even scandalous. I heard a lot of "What?! You're going without your husband?" when I went to Europe and Africa a few years ago. When you are single and planning to take a vacation by yourself you feel pathetic. It's the difference between choosing to be on your own and not having a choice. I am turning 30 this year. I want to go somewhere cool to celebrate. Anybody want to go on vacation with me?

I will be coming into a little bit of money sometime in the nearish future. I am in the process of selling my engagement ring. It's actually quite hard to feel good about it. Especially since I know what it cost to buy and I'm only getting a third of that by putting it on consignment. I go back and forth on the pros and cons of doing so. The pro is that I'll get some money with which I can turn the memory of my marriage into a new one on vacation. The con is that sometimes we (I) get a little attached to things. The pro is that by getting rid of it you (I) lose that attachment. The con is that it is a gorgeous diamond ring. I'm sure someday I will get another, or something else that has even more meaning behind it. Until then however I keep thinking I should make it into something else or save it for someone, like my niece. But I don't wear diamond jewelry (except in engagement ring form) and my niece should get her own with no tainted divorce memories involved with it. So, all in all the pros outweigh the cons.

Now I just have to figure out where I'm going on vacation. Any ideas? I need the most bang for my buck (under $1500)

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