[Brag] Don't Ask? Don't Get! $2000 saved.

[Shwa Girl]

Awesome brag! I love work conferences. Keep it up and look for any opportunities you can! Last year I went to two and it was the only way I would have had a vacation otherwise as I did not have the savings to take a trip with airfare/hotel etc.

One was in Florida and started on Monday so I arrived Saturday night and had one full day to myself to explore. Took a a guided water taxi trip to explore the area then hung out at the pool and the beach during any down time. That was a fantastic location!

Then I had one in Nashville which in itself was awesome because I was able to use a bit of down time to explore and got to take in a concert Then I took a $100 flight to New Orleans which was on my bucket list and took a couple vacation days and worked it into 5 days there because it ran into a weekend. Work had to pay to get me home and my flight was cheaper from NOLA than from Nashville, so that was no problem at all. All in all it cost be about $500-700 including all my spending money in NOLA to finally cross a dream I had had since I was 14 off my bucket list.

Just getting registered for this years and one is in Phoenix....I am thinking Sedona or Vegas.....

Wow. You had some nice trips to some sunny locations. WTG.

[morningrose]

Great one Shwa girl! There is no limit to gain knowledge, the more we attend these types of seminars and more exposure to people the more knowledge we are gaining and implementing in work

[Allendraw]

great brags!!!

[ticul]

Love your brag. I did a few conference too and love it because you learn and you have fun at the same time. Perfect occasion to have a little holliday. Good for you as it sound like you had lots of fun too. Thank you Shaw Girl for sharing another awesome bag...........................

[cath007]

Congratulation on your top t mention!!!

[Silk]

Congrats on using your smarts to get there (a virtual $2000 freebie!) and the smarts you brought back

Silk

[Shwa Girl]

Thanks everyone!

Congrats on using your smarts to get there (a virtual $2000 freebie!) and the smarts you brought back

Silk

I thought about it some more. It's actually more than $2000, considering the new knowledge will be used for years, the employer will benefit with new clients, the employer's reputation could be positively influenced and my LinkedIn account (networking for work) gets a nice update.

[nicolthepickle]

NICE! Smart girl.

[joandstef]

Yes, this is an awesome brag and you are 100% right. You gotta ask - you never know! the worse that the boss says is no, but in your case boss said some of the price. Way to go!