I got a holiday gift from a kind relative yesterday in the mail – a check for $100. The amount varies a bit from year to year, but each holiday season I receive a similar gift. Last year it was a bit less, and I used the money to do a little home improvement project.
Before
After
But I digress…. (show off!)
Anyway, I realized after completing this project that what I really need to do is do something for MYSELF with this windfall and I’d better decide soon, or I’ll gain 40 pounds like Oprah. Well, I’m likely to gain about 40 pounds in the next six months or so anyway, but for an entirely different reason.
Gosh, digressing again!
So, despite the threat of obesity hanging over my head, I’m having a heck of a time deciding what to do with this money. Having lived a VERY frugal existence for the past four years, I’ve gotten used to doing without a lot of things and now don’t feel like I really need or want a lot of things anyway. I’ve also come to realize that I’ve got most of what I want and need anyway and, honestly, $100 isn’t really going to get me to Hawaii for a week alone with The Swiss.
So, I’m looking to my readers to make some suggestions. What would you do with an extra $100 and, more importantly, what should I do?
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I would seriously have my house cleaned – top to grungie bottom – by someone other than me. But that’s just me. You don’t live in the filth that I do. So, um…what about a spa treatment? Lots of places give massages for Mamas to Be.
Comment by jumbleberryjam December 19, 2008 @ 2:47 pmI have that same $100 check waiting to be cashed. I am thinking of just what to get or do as well. Let me know what you decide. Right now I am thinking of putting it in my savings account. But I know that I will buy a big latte first!
Comment by Lisa Madel December 22, 2008 @ 1:42 pmI bought a trash can…Please do something more exciting than that! Jacoby bought a chair with his birthday and christmas money. He likes to climb on it and jump on it, and if it isn’t against a wall, he likes to tip it over.
Comment by Laurel December 23, 2008 @ 12:40 amA decision has been made….
Comment by butidigresstoomuch December 24, 2008 @ 3:48 amand!?!?
Comment by Laurel G December 24, 2008 @ 7:58 pmWhat’s the decision?! Mine will be buying a remote starter for my car! (installation included!)
Comment by Jen December 25, 2008 @ 3:26 pmI am using mine to buy gas so I can drive to SD to visit my dear Mom and Dad, something I have been wanting to do for months now.
Suggestion – go buy supplies for a scrapbook so you can get all those wonderful holiday photos in a nice album. You have three Christmases with “the girls and G”. Have a few pages for each Christmas and keep adding to it as the years go by.
Comment by Mimi December 27, 2008 @ 5:41 pmGosh, I need to have more contests! Thanks for all the suggestions, team! Ditzie (Sibling #9) and I have decided to spend our largess on GREAT tickets to the Broadway production of The Color Purple in Denver. Since we’re seeing it the night after her thirty-something birthday, I’m treating her to dinner before the show! I can’t think of a more perfect way to use this gift money!
Comment by butidigresstoomuch December 27, 2008 @ 6:18 pm