Permission for time off from work?

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So now i have this dilemma. back in November 08 i made plans to return to Chicago and by the time i made it to Idaho they were in stone. Hotel reservation made and paid for in advance, people staying with me with nowhere else to go, and a plane ticket bought...basically well over a grand invested in this trip. Which is awesome...i make this trip every. One catch...all of this was planned BEFORE i started working for Walmart. I just found out a few weeks ago that Walmart apparently blacks out requests from the beginning of November through the holiday season and i imagine for at least a couple of weeks there after to cover unthankful gift receiver return season. Now this trip is set in stone. But now I have to deal with this whole idea of letting the boss know hes going to have to approve it regardless of what "official policy" is. Now i will tell you that my belief on this is way different then most. I believe that when i work I'm doing it to accomplish two things. One: to support myself to survive. 2: So i have the money to do the things i want to do. now all year i survive. And i plan all my trips a year in advance and generally have them about two thirds paid for by the time of the trip. My thought and belief is where I'm employed by a company...I'm not enslaved to it. I tell them what my availability is, not the other way around. And when i request time off, I'm not asking permission as a 5 year old would ask his parents if he can go to a sleep over...I'm telling them that I will not be in the area those dates so don't schedule me. Period. Now a lot of agreement has come up between one of my friends about this. And he has the opposite view. So i thought id just throw it out there for conversation.