This year, as one of my New Year Resolutions, I want to start a yearly savings plan to save money for a Christmas Cruise! My sister, who will be turning 50 this year, wants us all to cruise together to celebrate her birthday. Unfortunately, cruising can be very expensive when you factor in five tickets plus excursions, sight-seeing and souvenirs! 52 Week Savings Plan You may have seen across the web a simple savings plan that starts with $1 dollar and adds a dollar each week. By the time you have finished saving money for 52 weeks you will have saved a total of $1,378. It looks like this: Aggressive 52 Week Savings Plan This is a great plan if you want to save for a bigger purchase or for Holiday Giving, but this is just not enough for the cruise that I want to take. So instead I came up with an Aggressive 52 Week Savings Plan. The Aggressive Plan is simple. Start with an amount other than $1 and then add $1 every week to the amount. You will be amazed at how much money you Continue Reading