What would you do with an extra $500?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you sound poor. So save the money.

Not OP, but we've also had a stressful year and are not poor. Sometimes stress can rob one of ideas of joy and pleasure. Kudos to OP and her DH for saving someone a lot of money. Go for an experience if you can swing it. Hope 2024 is easier for you and your family.

It's weird that $500 is a big deal to her.
My back balance varies by thousands. I wouldn't notice 500.

Then your perspective probably isn't needed here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hookers and blow.

Dude, you stole my answer!

[Anonymous]

I'd pick a Michelin starred restaurant and plan a fancy date night. Great food, great service, nice wine. The new list came out recently and every year I think "I need to try these!" and then the list comes out the next year and I've been to exactly 0 of them.

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I would put it in a savings account and make 4% on it.

[Anonymous]

Some ideas:
- put it in DC’s 529
- have a wonderful meal at a top-notch restaurant.
- buy something for your own house, like additional nice holiday decor (I’d jazz up my house’s exterior)
- towards a new iPad
But just pick one thing! Focus your spending so you really feel the oomph. Don’t spread it thin w $10 meaningless dollars spread here and there.

[Anonymous]

Massage and a restaurant meal.
Or two diamond club tickets to a nats game.
Give it to a charity or a candidate you believe in.

[Anonymous]

I would get an electrician to add some outlets to my house's exterior so I could put in a pond/fountain. I have been wanting this for years but am never able to justify the expense because it's just for me and a total frivolity.

[Anonymous]

Buy a giant fruit tart from Wegmans for $28 and share it. That will be a good start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would get an electrician to add some outlets to my house's exterior so I could put in a pond/fountain. I have been wanting this for years but am never able to justify the expense because it's just for me and a total frivolity.

OP here. You may have convinced me! I’ve always better-than-solar garden lighting but we don’t have an outlet on the front of our house. We have an electrician coming for an unrelated issue so I think you’ve convinced me to parlay some of the money into that!