$5,000

First stop: The center of my anal-retentive world: The Container Store. I am buying this, this, and this hall closet.

Then, over to my other favorite store, Anthropologie, for this cute blouse, and this one, and this one, too. Then, I'm buying this sweater and these jeans, bringing my total up to $903.60.

So, I'm going to go for my absolute dream trip: I'm going to Ghana for three weeks to volunteer. $2,450 covers me while there, so I'll need airfare, which is going to run me $1,030 from here to Accra. That brings me up to $4,383.60. $99 goes for this backpack, which is all I'm bringing with me to Ghana. Since the cost of the trip includes food, board, etc., the rest I'll probably need for transfers, tipping and incidentals.