Amy of Coffee & Sunshine, who is one of my favorite bloggers, did a short post a while back about what she would do if she had an extra $1000, $5000, and $10,000 to spend.
Here’s what I’d do.
With an extra $1000 I would…
- Buy a domain name for my blog and pay Erin to redesign it
- Get my first tattoo
- Buy a new camera
With an extra $5000 I would…
- Do all of the above, except get a much nicer camera
- Pay off my credit card
- Pay a professional photographer to take family pictures of me with my parents and sister
- Buy a Macbook
- Buy an iPhone
- Pay off my dad’s cell phone bill for the year
- Buy a bunch of new pairs of Chucks
- Use any money left to buy a bunch of CDs and DVDs from my Amazon wishlist (because I live in the stone age and still use CDs and DVDs…)
With an extra $10,000 I would…
- Do all of the above, and
- Not know what the hell to do with all that money
- Rent a car, drive cross-country to California, and go to Coachella
- Make a couple of big payments toward my student loans
- Spend the rest on beer
What would you do if you stumbled upon a large sum of money? In reality I’d probably put a big chunk of it into savings, because I’m a dork and am responsible like that. But it’s kind of fun to think about some of the material crap I’d indulge in if I had the disposable cash to do so.
Mostly I just wanted an excuse to listen to this song.
I’m not the only one who still uses CDs? This is wonderful news! I mostly just use them in my car, and it’s kind of nice now because you can get used CDs really cheap.
If I had a bunch of extra money…well, there’s lots of things I’d like to buy, but if I’m being responsible I’d probably throw a huge chunk at my student loans. Stupid, stupid, student loans–always getting in the way of my fun.
This is a fun post :) I think I’d pay off debt for sure. Boring, but I’d take boring over worrying about money. haha!
I use CD’s in my car sometimes.
All my stuff would be boring, like paying off debt and buying ALL THE ZEBRA CAKES.
I’d take a trip with the $10,000 for sure, somewhere in the US.
Thinking about money I don’t have makes me pouty, though. I’ll go now.
Lor
option 1:
with 10k I would convert half into gold and silver, move into an apt. closer to my job, and visit family more often.
option 2:
save it all to buy land
I love your list. I would drive out to cali too and go to Coachella.