I am starting a saving funds in august for my vacation in the summer of 2013.  I think that I can realistically save about $3000 to take myself and mother to Las vegas nevada before my 38th birthday.  So how I do it is stop playing the lottery and going to Yans lounge for VLT's and I think I could save about $300 a month for a whole year to take my mother and I to a nice vacation in las vegas.  I have not been to Vegas since 2000 when I took my sister for the weekend and it was fun.  We ate good and we got to ride a rollercoaster at new york new york casino and it was just a good time.  But it has been a long time for me to get a nice vacation so I am going to save up my $300 a month and then put it aside and then go.  It is going to be a long year without gambling but I think I would enjoy the positive benefits of taking a vacation finally.  Thanks for listening.-weshar75