to begin with

first or most importantly To begin with, I don't have enough money to take a trip to Europe this summer.

Related vocabulary: for openers

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Giedrius	-	Lithuanian
Meryl	MERL, MER-əl	English
AnasztÁZia	-	Hungarian
Berahthraban	-	Ancient Germanic
Flaviana	flah-VYAH-nah (Italian)	Ancient Roman, Italian
Cressida	KRES-ə-də (English)	Literature