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beanbuddymom
StuckOnPeas
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April 2008
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5,000 to take the kids to Disney - finally
5,000 to pay off bills
10,000 put in savings |
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lblair
PeaNut
PeaNut 555,199
May 2012
Posts: 84
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Loc: Michigan
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I would use it to send DD to parochial school and a LONG over due family vacation. | |
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kelleykreates
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 37,012
April 2002
Posts: 5,015
Layouts: 54
Loc: Lehigh Valley, PA
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Pay down some debt, if not all, and then pay for our upcoming vacation. After that, maybe a fun splurge for each of us. |
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ashazamm
BucketHead
PeaNut 217,769
August 2005
Posts: 575
Layouts: 18
Loc: NY
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Save half, use the other half for a Disney trip. | |
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cm_stephenson
BucketHead
PeaNut 211,645
June 2005
Posts: 598
Layouts: 22
Loc: Kirriemuir, Scotland
| Posted: 2/7/2013 5:58:13 AM
Right now - since I am out of work and struggling; I would pay the mortgage arrears and hold it for as many future payments as it would cover until I am back in work and I would keep a month's essential living costs to one side because as soon as I find a job I would have no income until payday which is likely to be a month.
Here was what I had to decide though a few weeks ago: A friend sent me a gift of $30 - with the hope that I would use it for treats. How would you spend that?
Now assume that it represents about 1/4 of a week's income for you - would your spending choices be different? Does that change you view of what is a treat?
Not posted as a sympathy seeker - I am genuinely interested in how peoples' perceptions of monetary value change in different situations.
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junniper
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PeaNut 128,304
February 2004
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Loc: USA
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Half would go for an amazing trip, Italy maybe.
Half would go into savings. |
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GrinningCat
Proudly Canadian
PeaNut 43,061
July 2002
Posts: 31,585
Layouts: 2
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I'm really surprised at how many people would save a windfall instead of actually doing something with it. Kind of sad to me in a way. Windfalls are about fun stuff, not being practical. I'd put a tiny bit away (maybe 10 for future stuff, but I have no qualms in spending most of it on the fun things in life.
I'm really surprised that few others are like that. | |
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SmartyPants71
MTB Pea
PeaNut 53,328
October 2002
Posts: 5,451
Layouts: 2
Loc: Bellaire, TX
| Posted: 2/7/2013 9:17:18 AM
I'd use it as a down payment on the car I really want. | |
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jrenae
Doing strange things in the name of Art
PeaNut 94,583
July 2003
Posts: 23,391
Layouts: 87
Loc: "Oh, here go hell come" AZ
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obsidian
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 300,909
March 2007
Posts: 2,154
Layouts: 1
Loc: Waikato
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Africa. | |
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Cake Diva
Cake-a-licous!
PeaNut 90,802
June 2003
Posts: 9,873
Layouts: 35
Loc: Fergus, Ontario
| Posted: 2/7/2013 1:45:45 PM
Half would be set aside to put towards DD's university in the fall.
The other half we would use to spruce up the house - landscape the front, pave the driveway, expand the deck out back. |
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pretzels
AncestralPea
PeaNut 479,777
August 2010
Posts: 4,436
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Pay off our DS's orthodontic bills, and save the rest to go toward our kitchen remodel. | |
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dawndoll
PeaAddict
PeaNut 10,973
February 2001
Posts: 1,645
Layouts: 1
Loc: Michigan!
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Donate a good chunk to our local Humane Society.
Pay off the small balance on hubby's truck.
Use the rest for our planned addition to our home. We are adding on a master bedroom and bathroom that is much needed as our home is teeny tiny. My husband is disabled, so we are incorporating his needs into the floor plan of the addition.
Plane tickets to visit my 24 year old son in Montana.
The possibilities are endless... |
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myboysnme
one of those "entitled" peas
PeaNut 69,081
February 2003
Posts: 6,737
Layouts: 1
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Half to credit card, and 1/4 each to kids college. |
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JustCallMeMommy
Magical Pea
PeaNut 62,544
January 2003
Posts: 11,081
Layouts: 31
Loc: Brandon, MS
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scrapintimenow
PeaNut
PeaNut 578,239
January 2013
Posts: 54
Layouts: 0
Loc: NC
| Posted: 2/7/2013 8:34:24 PM
Daughters college fund... | |
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ScrapWench*
Seems a pity to miss such a good pudding.
PeaNut 247,139
February 2006
Posts: 18,707
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Loc: Spokane, WA
| Posted: 2/7/2013 10:42:17 PM
DH and I would go to Italy. The rest into the college fund. |
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cdnscrapper
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 21,328
September 2001
Posts: 6,179
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Loc: at my computer
| Posted: 2/7/2013 10:44:46 PM
I would spend half on a trip and give half to charity. | |
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Jili
SLPea
PeaNut 25,268
November 2001
Posts: 8,656
Layouts: 9
Loc: Chicagoland
| Posted: 2/7/2013 11:12:50 PM
College funds, for sure. |
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AussieMeg
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 51,689
October 2002
Posts: 6,642
Layouts: 16
Loc: Melbourne, Australia
| Posted: 2/8/2013 3:31:12 AM
Is that all? So much to do, so little money LOL! 
I guess I would pay off the credit cards first. Buy DSO a new (2nd hand) car. If there was anything left over (which there wouldn't be with *only* $20,000) I would put it towards a family holiday overseas. Or towards home improvements.
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amythyst
someone pass the crayons!
PeaNut 169,054
September 2004
Posts: 8,597
Layouts: 176
Loc: in my own little world - but it's ok -everyone knows me here
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Save half
Pay bills with the rest |
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fredfreddy
Alex told me to change it
PeaNut 120,522
December 2003
Posts: 19,064
Layouts: 543
Loc: never in one place very long (...in San Jose, CA)
| Posted: 2/8/2013 9:51:06 AM
Kid's HS education |
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it rhymes with banana
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genny
PeaNut
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February 2000
Posts: 433
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Loc: GA
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I would put at least $10K into our business - upgrades and materials for the remodel we have planned. I would be torn with the rest - put toward mortgage? Kids savings? Our savings? Blow a little? Pay off debts? We only owe on the mortgage, one car, and one business vendor. $10K toward any of those three bills would make things much more comfortable. But I also have a 10th grader - college is right around the corner.
Wow. Wouldn't it be nice to have the problem of how you're going to spend that much money? |
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cycworker
On dry runs Santa drives the Isuzu
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July 2004
Posts: 9,384
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Loc: Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
| Posted: 2/8/2013 11:20:28 AM
Save $15K of it and spend the remaining $5K on vacation(s). I might get 2 trips out of it - not sure. |
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CreativeEngineer
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 134,808
March 2004
Posts: 6,141
Layouts: 4
Loc: East Coast
| Posted: 2/8/2013 11:24:08 AM
New kitchen, baby.
Granite counters, new stove/dishwasher, awesome white cabinets.
Can you make that $40,000? Pretty please???  |
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JRussell
Naturalist Pea
PeaNut 26,719
January 2002
Posts: 9,267
Layouts: 58
Loc: Canadian Trailhead
| Posted: 2/8/2013 11:35:04 AM
I'd invest 10000-12000 and put the rest toward a trip this year and next year 
Have fun with your $$
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Nyxish
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 265,518
June 2006
Posts: 2,769
Layouts: 1
Loc: mid New York state
| Posted: 2/8/2013 11:38:15 AM
House stuff and pad the emergency fund a bit more. |
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thebirdhouselady
BucketHead
PeaNut 11,889
March 2001
Posts: 842
Layouts: 5
Loc: Alaska
| Posted: 2/8/2013 12:38:05 PM
First I would pass out!
I would pay off credit card debt and save the rest. Not very exciting I know! | |
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bbkieffer
PeaAddict
PeaNut 284,458
November 2006
Posts: 1,173
Layouts: 4
Loc: Minnesota
| Posted: 2/8/2013 2:28:20 PM
I would remodel my kitchen. Since we do the work ourselves, we could probabaly do it for $15k and use $5k on a trip to Italy! |
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Yubon
lunch is for wimps
PeaNut 261,669
May 2006
Posts: 13,004
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Loc: Hotel for Cats
| Posted: 2/8/2013 6:46:08 PM
Vegas baby. Double or nothin'. |
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SueSume
AncestralPea
PeaNut 262,757
May 2006
Posts: 4,596
Layouts: 5
Loc: Big Bottom Valley
| Posted: 2/9/2013 1:31:46 AM
Not posted as a sympathy seeker - I am genuinely interested in how peoples' perceptions of monetary value change in different situations.
Cathy, I know exactly what you mean.
ANd how I came to get the $$ might make a difference as well. A lotto win seems more like "Yee-haw" money to me than if it comes as some sort of settlement.
For me, it would be $5000 down on a new car, up to $5000 on a few splurges/gifts/RACs (my DH has always wanted a welder) $5000 in long term savings and the rest would just go into an account to just make life a little sweeter: Fridge dies? No worries, use the sweet life account to offset any bite to the budget, that kind of thing.
We have no credit card debt, only six years left to pay on our house, kids are managing college expenses w/o loans. Of course, now that I only put $5000 down on our new car we will have a car payment...
But if we get to DOUBLE our free $$ to $40,000 as a PP up thread suggested, then I want new flooring, new furniture, new...  |
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