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*Leanne*
As a matter of fact, I am a Tudor princess!
PeaNut 34,268
March 2002
Posts: 12,896
Layouts: 0
Loc: Calgary, Alberta
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Let's say you were given $20,000 
What would you do with it?
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PEArfect
AncestralPea
PeaNut 452,048
January 2010
Posts: 4,501
Layouts: 0
Loc: Indiana
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Put it in our savings account. I know, boring. |
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Maite
There is no secret ingredient
PeaNut 50,756
October 2002
Posts: 24,883
Layouts: 418
Loc: NC
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Split it among the kid's college accounts. It would mean a lot for us! |
Maite
A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway.
my blog | |
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shaedsp
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 253,574
March 2006
Posts: 2,604
Layouts: 15
Loc: Vancouver Island
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put most of it in savings, but spend some for sure.. |
mama said didn't know how to make a kitty meooowwww.......
     
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GrinningCat
Proudly Canadian
PeaNut 43,061
July 2002
Posts: 31,589
Layouts: 2
| Posted: 2/6/2013 5:50:28 PM
Save a tiny part of it and spend the rest on certain things I am working towards. | |
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anmolhai
AncestralPea
PeaNut 40,642
June 2002
Posts: 4,393
Layouts: 71
Loc: Canada
| Posted: 2/6/2013 5:51:53 PM
I will go on a cruise  |
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PeaJaneRun
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 202,203
April 2005
Posts: 2,731
Layouts: 0
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If it was tax free:
$10,000 - Roth IRAs (me and husband, $5K each)
$5,000 - eTrade stock
$3,000 - American Funds mutual funds
$2,000 - fun money
That was really easy. If only it was really real! | |
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DastardlyBoo
pea long and prosper
PeaNut 82,656
April 2003
Posts: 10,664
Layouts: 99
Loc: in the middle
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Luvnlifelady
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 289,166
December 2006
Posts: 17,356
Layouts: 7
Loc: Southern California
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Pay off my recently purchased used car with $12,000.
Then, either use the rest for a beater for DD or pay down debt.
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Miss Lerins Momma
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 151,660
June 2004
Posts: 13,115
Layouts: 38
Loc: KY
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mom-2-2beagles
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 131,676
February 2004
Posts: 2,792
Layouts: 10
Loc: Nor Cal
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Remodel two bathrooms! We are going to do at least one soon...but it would be nice to have a bigger budget! |
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SDeven
Love Letters Pea
PeaNut 65,852
January 2003
Posts: 28,217
Layouts: 380
Loc: Nashville, TN!
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:25:26 PM
Give half to my sister who is struggling and half to my food pantry. |
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back to *pea*ality
PeaFixture
PeaNut 471,633
June 2010
Posts: 3,723
Layouts: 0
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Save it for a rainy day. Build up our depleted emergency fund. | |
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ilovebuble
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 539,539
January 2012
Posts: 2,489
Layouts: 0
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Save 50%
Use 25% for a vacation or other fun purchases.
Donate the rest. | |
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Nicole in TX
The Peas did what we do and went insane over it
PeaNut 16,696
June 2001
Posts: 18,176
Layouts: 65
Loc: Not so obvious
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:29:58 PM
Invest it for retirement or a dream trip to Australia. |
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writermom1
Thrift Whisperer
PeaNut 114,407
November 2003
Posts: 22,327
Layouts: 66
Loc: At the intersection of Hooterville and Stars Hollow
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:30:14 PM
Bills and Save. |
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decoda0421
PeaAddict
PeaNut 253,377
March 2006
Posts: 1,748
Layouts: 329
Loc: Southeast Michigan
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:33:13 PM
Half towards paying for our house. 1/4 to savings and 1/4 towards something we wanted and couldn't get in our regular budget. |
Kott Kreations-specializing in custom made paper piecings and titles:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kott-Kreations/111023708910418 | |
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NativeNewYorker
black eyed pea with soul!
PeaNut 15,878
May 2001
Posts: 24,968
Layouts: 70
Loc: LI, NY
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:33:56 PM
Pay bills. |
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Peabay
Happy now?
PeaNut 156,993
July 2004
Posts: 44,690
Layouts: 13
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:34:21 PM
College funds. |
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*KAS*
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 408,684
January 2009
Posts: 6,746
Layouts: 0
Loc: Georgia girl
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Pay off bills then put the rest towards a car. (Mine has close to 125k miles on it. Runs great, but I know it won't last forever, as much as I love it) |
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Had to delete my old account, but I've been here since July 2006! | |
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WiiPii
Dirty little freaks!
PeaNut 374,795
May 2008
Posts: 7,330
Layouts: 0
Loc: too far away....
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MergeLeft
Typical Liberal
PeaNut 221,236
August 2005
Posts: 19,123
Layouts: 67
Loc: Houston
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:55:15 PM
Bank it. We hope to sell our house and move in a year or so and that would certainly help with a down payment on the new place. |
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*HuskerFaninIL*
Mommy of TWO LMM-O-Peas
PeaNut 51,325
October 2002
Posts: 14,593
Layouts: 310
Loc: Husker fan in the Illini State
| Posted: 2/6/2013 6:58:06 PM
I'd want to go crazy with it, but calmer heads would prevail and I'm sure we'd save it for college and possibly take a small chunk and put i in our vacation fund. |
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ostrich girl
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 288,003
December 2006
Posts: 5,423
Layouts: 4
Loc: Enjoying the spring in Ohio
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:13:07 PM
Save most but do a fun weekend- nice hotel, fancy dinner. |
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Air Force Mom Of 1
BucketHead
PeaNut 299,314
February 2007
Posts: 644
Layouts: 0
Loc: East TN
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:16:55 PM
Pay down the mortgage. |
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VanC
PeaFixture
PeaNut 82,273
April 2003
Posts: 3,386
Layouts: 9
Loc: Out and About
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:28:43 PM
Pay off all my CC, save $5000. Then give my sister the rest to pay an attorney so she won't have to stay married to the a$$half. |
"It's ALL just paper......'til you add adhesive, a little love and some pixie dust."
LLTTF&JB
VanC
****I wish you Love, it's All you need. I wish you Laughter, and hope you find Joy in the journey. I wish you Tickles, because you can't tickle someone without touching them and forming a connection. I wish you Teases, because everyone needs a little humour to get them through the rough spots. I wish you Frogs, because there are NO Frogs just Handsome Princes & Beautiful Princesses who don't know who they are, everyone needs someone to love them in spite of themselves warts and all. Finally I wish you Jelly Beans because life's sweetest moments can come in all sorts of colours and flavours.****
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PinkIsMyFavColor
Loving Life
PeaNut 227,373
October 2005
Posts: 8,644
Layouts: 71
Loc: Utah
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:44:17 PM
I'd probably play with it. I don't know what....maybe a family trip. If not that, I's probably use 1/2 of it to send the kids to Japan for a couple of weeks. One of the kids really wants to go back there (she lived there for a year) and she'd love to take the other kids to show them around.
Am I the only one who freely admits no saving? |
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AKathy
Peaing From Podunk
PeaNut 45,443
August 2002
Posts: 14,577
Layouts: 93
Loc: North Dakota
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:44:30 PM
Take my 2 DDs, my 2 SILs and 5 grandsons to DisneyWorld. |
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pennyring
Thrift Ninja
PeaNut 226,011
October 2005
Posts: 22,415
Layouts: 40
Loc: Rite Aid
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:51:58 PM
We're refinancing our house next year, so I'd save like $5k for the fees.
I'd spend about 10k taking our nieces to Paris.
$1500 to redo our deck.
$500 other general home repair.
The rest to bills.
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tenacious *e*
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 56,147
November 2002
Posts: 7,735
Layouts: 34
Loc: back in the USA
| Posted: 2/6/2013 7:56:27 PM
Take my family on a cruise, and the rest toward college funds.
Erin | |
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dancerhelen2006
PeaNut
PeaNut 320,112
June 2007
Posts: 42
Layouts: 0
Loc: North Carolina
| Posted: 2/6/2013 8:07:50 PM
Take $500 to do something with and then let it earn interest till I have to start paying off student loans. | |
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**Colleen**
AncestralPea
PeaNut 26,667
January 2002
Posts: 4,446
Layouts: 87
Loc: The Southland
| Posted: 2/6/2013 8:24:04 PM
Pay off ds' law school loans.
Take an African safari.
Bank the rest for retirement. |
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scrapper100
Budletsmom
PeaNut 65,877
January 2003
Posts: 12,555
Layouts: 30
Loc: So CA
| Posted: 2/6/2013 8:53:41 PM
Put it in the bank. Use it so we can pay cash for our new car we have most but not all and DH is going to need one soon as well so save whatever is left. |
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Kelli/Mom
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 21,316
September 2001
Posts: 2,626
Layouts: 29
| Posted: 2/6/2013 8:55:59 PM
We have one in college now and another one starting in the fall. While we have college savings, we don't have quite enough to pay for school without some sacrificing. So ... I would put it toward college and keep some of my small luxuries (because in the big picture, $5,000/year for the next four years is not going to make that big of a difference). | |
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eebud
Doxie Pea Mom
PeaNut 52,841
October 2002
Posts: 31,029
Layouts: 25
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 68,356
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 2/6/2013 9:24:38 PM
*Tent our house for termites
*Pay for DGDs palette expander
*save some for the dental work DS will need in December
*pay bills
*install new flooring
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Quinlove
BucketHead
PeaNut 30,457
February 2002
Posts: 853
Layouts: 2
Loc: Texas
| Posted: 2/6/2013 9:25:28 PM
I'm with AKathy on this one. Take my 2 dds and 5 dgc to Disney World. One sil would come, the other ... um... no.
Sadly, the lottery is just not cooperating like I had hoped  |
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WinoGirl
PeaAddict
PeaNut 511,446
June 2011
Posts: 1,176
Layouts: 0
Loc: Saint Louis
| Posted: 2/6/2013 9:40:19 PM
Buy a new stove.
Plan a little vacation.
Plan a bigger vacation to Europe next year and deposit the bulk of it into a Swiss bank account in person.
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recap.pea
EncycloPEAdia
PeaNut 288,074
December 2006
Posts: 3,002
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 2/6/2013 9:49:25 PM
I would do a few home renovations | |
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Scrappin Bunny
BucketHead
PeaNut 436,594
August 2009
Posts: 913
Layouts: 0
Loc: Oklahoma
| Posted: 2/6/2013 9:55:22 PM
upgrade our hotel in hawaii, we are going this year, but are looking for a hotel for less than $150 a night.
probably save the rest. | |
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finally~a~mama
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 438,682
September 2009
Posts: 2,600
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 2/6/2013 10:09:21 PM
College Funds |
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babybeansmom
gimme a diet coke and nobody gets hurt!
PeaNut 218,205
August 2005
Posts: 6,180
Layouts: 3
Loc: vacuuming....again!
| Posted: 2/6/2013 10:12:00 PM
Make the repairs we need to our house so we can put it up for sale. Save the rest or use it for new house.
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luv2scrapaboutmykids
PeaFixture
PeaNut 329,346
July 2007
Posts: 3,299
Layouts: 13
Loc: Saskatchewan
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thecurleyque
BucketHead
PeaNut 350,815
December 2007
Posts: 724
Layouts: 4
| Posted: 2/6/2013 10:28:58 PM
Buy a new car - mine is 15 years old and I've been stringing it along until I'm done with school and have a better job. | |
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SabrinaP
ABC & 123 Pea
PeaNut 21,381
September 2001
Posts: 7,535
Layouts: 43
Loc: Dallas, Texas
| Posted: 2/6/2013 10:33:35 PM
We would do some needed updates/repairs on our house and save the rest. |
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Runner5
Pea All You Can Pea!
PeaNut 36,843
April 2002
Posts: 16,617
Layouts: 25
| Posted: 2/7/2013 12:08:27 AM
After tithing it, we put the rest towards our mortgage. |
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Mary Kay Lady
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 367,913
March 2008
Posts: 2,304
Layouts: 0
Loc: The state of Confusion!
| Posted: 2/7/2013 1:27:17 AM
Tithe, pay for needed repairs on my house: new garage doors, paint inside and out, carpet.
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Quokka
PeaFixture
PeaNut 87,007
May 2003
Posts: 3,238
Layouts: 18
Loc: QLD, Australia
| Posted: 2/7/2013 3:22:24 AM
We'd probably use it for IVF. Failing that, a car (but we can get a loan for that so... IVF).
Are you giving away $20 000? 
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M in Carolina
nothing could be finer than to be back in Carolina
PeaNut 226,467
October 2005
Posts: 9,660
Layouts: 0
Loc: RTP
| Posted: 2/7/2013 3:41:21 AM
Tithe
Buy furniture for our new townhouse
Use the rest to take a couple of trips
Alaska Cruise
Belgium and France--so my husband can see where his family is from
Do some trips with my Mom and also with my inlaws --perhaps Disneyworld with my inlaws, BIL/SIL and their 3 little ones
My dad always put off the trips he wanted to take because he was a workaholic and could never put it in the schedule. He died two years ago, and he and his wife had been married almost 10 years and never took a vacation together. He had always wanted to go to Australia.
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thepinkkitchen
PinkKitchenStudio
PeaNut 14,286
April 2001
Posts: 15,208
Layouts: 244
Loc: Louisville, Ky
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We would go on vacation & put every other penny into savings.
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