Booking through Thursday: Windfall
Once more I’m hitting the Booking through Thursday question early, because I’ll be getting all edumacated tomorrow. This week, the question is surprisingly… not book-related.
Yesterday, April 15th, was Tax Day here in the U.S., which means lots of lucky people will get refunds of over-paid taxes.
Whether you’re one of them or not, what would you spend an unexpected windfall on? Say … $50? How about $500?
(And, this is a reading meme, so by rights the answer should be book-related, but hey, feel free to go wild and splurge on anything you like.)
I suspect that if I got an extra $500 I would tend to be so overwhelmed with the fact that I could spend it on anything that I actually wouldn’t. The money would sit there getting spent on piddling inconsequential stuff.
But supposing I actually had $500 drop in my lap? I’d probably buy a new laptop. My desktop is five years old, which is ancient in computer terms. It’s an old warhorse, though, and I haven’t actually needed to worry about it for a while. In fact, the most recent computer-related problem I had was replacing the keyboard, and if that’s my biggest problem, I’m doing well. But I have to admit, having a new laptop would be nice so I could take my Internet addiction and make it portable.
If not a laptop, I could easily spend $500 at Fictionwise. Or maybe I’d buy myself a new reading chair, because I really want one. Right now I either sprawl out on my bed or I sit in my hard plastic desk chair. What I really want is a nice rocking recliner.
What about the rest of you? What would you spend an unexpected windfall on?
I tell ya… any time you have money laying around that you just can’t figure out what to do with it, send it to me. I can ALWAYS find a use for money
I’d spend my windfall on something to keep the kids quiet so I could read.
Man, it’s never that I get money and I’m like, “What can I spend it on?” I usually get money, think of about a dozen things I need, and then… don’t do anything with it because I suck at prioritizing. LOL.
I like the idea of a reading chair! I saw one on TV the other day wich was leather and it was a square shape , but there were bookshelves built around it on 3 sides, it was really cool!
I love the idea of a reading chair!
I too am thinking of buying a good reclining chair so that I can read there completely relaxed.
let the windfall fall on my head
my answer is up.
I agree on the laptop! All I have is a comunicator
tho I never really thought I need laptop till I read your answer hehehe
I also agree on the lap top. It would be nice to have one of those. Happy BTT!
Ohhh — a new reading chair, that is a great idea!
I know what you mean about not knowing what to do with a windfall. That indecision saved me this winter, though, when I needed $1200 of work done to my car and still had the unspent tax refund and stimulus check. Here’s my response. I picked mostly stuff I need. http://yourlibrarycard.blogspot.com/2009/04/splurges.html
I said a dress.
Windfall
I want a new laptop, too! My desktop computer hasn’t worked correctly for many years, and my laptop is pretty tired (in the four years I’ve had it, I’ve abused it to the point where it’s begging for mercy). I actually am getting a very nice refund, so that new laptop certainly isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
My answer is up here.
a new laptop would be awesome! all the better for blogging, right?
Oh! A nice comfy new reading chair. Now that I could get in to. What a great idea. Thanks.
That would be a hard call between the laptop and the new reading chair. Wishing you double the amount so you might do both!