Anonymous
12/04/2023 14:12
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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!
Anonymous
12/04/2023 14:08
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
Buy a giant fruit tart from Wegmans for $28 and share it. That will be a good start.
Anonymous
12/04/2023 13:38
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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
12/04/2023 13:35
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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.
Or two diamond club tickets to a nats game.
Give it to a charity or a candidate you believe in.
Anonymous
12/04/2023 13:30
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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.
- 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
12/04/2023 12:03
Subject: Re:What would you do with an extra $500?
I would put it in a savings account and make 4% on it.
Anonymous
12/04/2023 11:57
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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.
Anonymous
12/04/2023 11:46
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
Anonymous wrote:Hookers and blow.
Dude, you stole my answer!
Anonymous
12/04/2023 11:43
Subject: What would you do with an extra $500?
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.