i'm in the money (sort of)

So this is going to be an expensive month. I'm flying to wellington for a friend's engagement party ($200 + food/booze) and then staying up there for a conference for the rest of the week ($270 registration + $150 accommodation + food/booze). Then driving to alex for another friend's birthday (petrol/food/booze), then onto queenstown/wanaka for a skiing holiday (skiing/petrol/accommodation/food/booze). Then it's home for a few days for a meeting (wof/petrol/food/booze) and then home via dunedin (petrol/food/booze). All in all, it's gonna play havoc with my visa balance. But it will hopefully balance a little better after managing to win a travel award and get my conference fees waived :o) Now I might actually be able to afford to go skiing.