Money, money, money

[aadams73]

As Abba (and also Meryl Streep) once sang:

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain’t it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
Blah, blah, blah.

We've all been there. Except maybe Paris Hilton. Since she probably can't read or write, there's no worry that she'll jump in and make us all feel shitty.


So, let's pretend you have a thousand bucks. Completely disposable. Yours to do with as you please. On what would you spend it?


The only stipulations are these:


You must spend it on yourself, on something you desire.
You can't use it to pay bills/debt.
You can't get all charitable and give it away.

Wow me with your creativity, good people.

 

[Cranky]

Books. And more books.

Take hubby out for dinner and a movie and maybe some pool and just some Alone Time in general. We haven't been on a date in three years, so that counts as being for me, imo.

And I need some new jeans (mine are all not fitting right anymore...too baggy).

 

[spamwarrior]

BOOKSSSSSSSSSS YESSSS PRECIOUS

I would go buy some cute stationery. Asian stuff.

I would buy some new dresses. I want a formal dress. But good luck actually finding one that fits. I also need a digital camera. And a copy of Writer's Market. My own. To fondle.

 

[Angie]

Besides a year's supply of turnips?

 

[Ambrosia]

I would use it to make micro loans. That way I could help someone and get a return on my investment, hopefully turning the $1,000 into much more.

 

[robeiae]

I'd pay someone to spam certain members of AW with offers for decorative paper goods.

 

[Angie]

I'd pay someone to T.P. Rob's house and yard. Every night.

 

[robeiae]

That would save me a few bucks on my weekly shopping...

 

[Angie]

Well then, I'll add egging to the duties so you won't have to buy eggs either.

 

[Cassiopeia]

I'd go somewhere. Get away. Tell the voices in my head to shut up and I'd just live a little. Again.

 

[Death Wizard]

A thousand bucks? That'll hardly buy a Diet Coke nowadays. I'd spend more than a thousand bucks on a necklace just to get you to sleep with me!

Okay ... seriously ... a thousand bucks. Well, I know this is horribly boring, but if it were just for me, I'd probably spend it on golf clubs.

 

[shawkins]

I'd get a private room in one of those Brazilian steak houses where they bring skewers of stuff around to your table. Then I'd rent a limo and take the dogs out to dinner.

 

[jennontheisland]

Airfare.

 

[Komnena]

Model horses.
Books.
New laptop.

 

[Susie]

$500 would go for a really good piece of gold jewelry and the other $500 would be for chocolate.

 

[nighttimer]

A $1000 would make a nice downpayment on next year's planned weekend in Manhattan.

Or I could spend it on some new windows for the kids' bedroom.

Decisions. Decisions.

 

[DL Hegel]

I'd pay someone to spam certain members of AW with offers for decorative paper goods.

ok that does it, i'm splitting the eyewash with Angie and no more text messages for you.

 

[Angie]

ok that does it, i'm splitting the eyewash with Angie and no more text messages for you.

You've still been texting him??

 

[spamwarrior]

I would also buy myself some chocolate. These days my house seems to be in a chocolate drought.

Or is that because I've been eating all of it?

 

[Clair Dickson]

Hm. New cell phone (gasp! I know!) Maybe one of them fancy ones with the touch screen and the touch screen keyboard, for writing on the go. And GPS on it. And a decent camera for taking pictures while out...

A color laser printer. This futzing with ink cartridges that cost more than my car is worth, then I try to conserve them because they're so costly, but then they dry up on me before I really use them... not working so well, actually.

More books, of course.

And long sweater dusters. I loves them and they keep me warm. Now that winter is done, it's Air Conditioning Season. After a few short weeks of being comfortable, it's time to bring the sweaters back out... (no my house is warm, but work, stores, resturants, etc, keep the temperature on Give-Clair-Hypothermia.)

 

[DL Hegel]

You've still been texting him??

yep, it's either him or Mal, I get them confused sometimes

 

[Cassiopeia]

A thousand bucks? That'll hardly buy a Diet Coke nowadays. I'd spend more than a thousand bucks on a necklace just to get you to sleep with me!

A necklace?

*sticks nose in air* You wish we'd be so cheap.

 

[dgrintalis]

I would buy a new belly dance costume. It has been a long time since I bought a new one. The Egyptian designers I like typically start at $650 and go up from there. I have one that cost $1,500.

If I had any left, I would go to the bookstore, but I do that on a regular basis anyway, so it wouldn't exactly be a special treat.

 

[Greenify13]

I'd get two pairs of shoes, I have one pair and I'm expecting vocalization, any day now!
My son needs summer clothes, and then winter clothes after that. *does that count?*
If it does count, he'll need sandals too.
A new book, that should be out by now...been waiting for it but no money anyway.
CDs, and a radio, and a speaker system...

that's all.
If I still have money left, clothes for me, mine are all too baggy and hideous.
And like 2-3 boxes full of coffee cans, mut have coffee, and I've been coffee deprived for over a month.
Jeez, ask for much do I?

 

[Ruv Draba]

I might need to spend $1,000 on a few things, but there's nothing I want to spend such cash on now, so if I were to try and parlay cash into opportunity or pleasure, I expect I'd spend it on Mrs D. Probably I'd pay to have a Michelin-rated chef cook and serve her a degustation meal personally at home. Possibly in bed. Or possibly in an hotel bed. She'd never stop talking about that, I expect.

Or maybe, I'd do it for my grandmother who's now in a retirement home. It's not unlike a prison -- if you share privilege then the other inmates accord you respect. So serve up a feast for one person and invite others, and they'll always be nice to you. [Older people have smaller appetites so $1K could stretch quite a way... ]