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| Mollie |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 2:36:27 PM
If someone gave you $500 to spend, and you HAD TO SPEND it, not save it, what would you buy?
I would buy new roofing materials for the workshop, a new shower curtain, curtains, towels, rug for my bathroom, ahhhhh, $500 goes fast!
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| theherblady |
Posted - Apr 10 2006 : 07:46:50 AM
I could buy a plane ticket to MJF Farm Fair!
Jan |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 10 2006 : 04:57:43 AM
ha! while honey hunk is away .. i treated myself to a $500. gift .. my new digital camera .. a CANON SD550 .. it is so teeeeeeensy but with a BIG screen (it's almost the size of the camera .. so i don't have to grab my glasses everytime i take a photo).
hmmmmm .. he'll have to go on trips more often (only not for so LONG!) xo
True Friends, Frannie |
| rockinhorse |
Posted - Apr 09 2006 : 9:40:46 PM
If I was given $500 to spend anyway I want I would buy a used spinning wheel that was in good condition. I have friends with angora sheep and another that has alpacas and they just get rid of the fleece at sheering time and they promised it to me this year!! yeah..
Robin
Happiness must be grown in one's own garden! |
| MichelleTN |
Posted - Apr 09 2006 : 5:10:08 PM
If I had $500 to blow anyway I wanted to I would buy a plane ticket to Montana to see a friend I have not seen in several years. Or go on a road trip to Charlottesville, VA, I have been wanting to go back since moving 12 years ago from there. For sure it would be spent on some kind of travel!
Hugs, Michelle
http://tangledthreadsandknottedyarn.blogspot.com/ |
| thehouseminder |
Posted - Apr 09 2006 : 06:18:28 AM
Hey City Cat-herine!
You might consider a reconditioned KitchenAid mixer. You can get them from small appliance repair shops or Amazon.com.
I already have one but my mother has always wanted one and would not spend the money. My friend Mary has steadily updated from the smallest to the largest. She had one she was ready to get rid of. I offered to buy it but she said, "well, sometimes it growls. I'll just give it to you." I insisted on paying her ten dollars for it. All it needed was a new sealed bearing thingy! I paid $60.00 for the repair and it is like new. Not only that, it came with an extra bowl, two lids for the bowls, and a pour shield. All those extra parts are pretty expensive all on their own.
If you keep your eyes peeled, you can set yourself right up. The part I put into mary's/mom's mixer was the main and most expensive part so you really can't go wrong with a fixer upper!
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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| Libbie |
Posted - Apr 08 2006 : 09:27:48 AM
Mmmmm....I'd add it to my wall tent "fund" - all of these ideas are SO much fun to read! Maybe we could each set aside $100 of it and go on a joint "farmgirl road trip?!?!?!"
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
| thehouseminder |
Posted - Apr 08 2006 : 06:08:42 AM
New toys for the cats, yarn, fat quarters, yarn, embroidery floss, yarn, wool fabric and dyes, yarn, knitting needles....did I mention yarn?
Lucinda
When we were young, there were moments of such perfectly crystallized happiness that we stood stock still and silently promised ourselves that we would remember them always. And we did. --Holly J. Burkhalter , "Four Midwestern Sisters' Christmas Book"
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| CityCat |
Posted - Apr 08 2006 : 01:47:19 AM
A free and clear $500 huh? Hm. First impulse would be to purchase a KitchenAid stand mixer. I've been borrowing my neighbour's, and I'm hooked bad. I don't think I can do without one when Christmas baking comes around!
The next thought is to put it toward visiting a dear, dear friend in California. I haven't seen her in YEARS and really miss her. I've been contemplating visiting her, but money is tight...
Practically though, I'd put it toward my car. There are a few repairs I've been putting off cuz I don't have the money. -Cat |
| junebug |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 12:53:43 PM
I'm with Meadowlark ,plants and landscaping goodies!!! Glad to see you back Meadowlark, havent' seen you post in awhile?
www.sageflowerfarm.blogspot.com
www.herbalfarmstead.blogspot.com
www.countrypleasures.motime.com |
| theherblady |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 10:41:18 AM
I would put it toward the potting shed I have been wanting for 2 years and cant seem to get it done...
I should really put it on the credit card bill...but that doesnt seem very fun~~
And I'm with you Frannie...I love them antiques!
Jan |
| owwlady |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 08:08:56 AM
Fabric, all the colors of embroidery floss I want, yarns, trinkets from the antique store, etc...the bills can wait. |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 06:47:48 AM
I'd put it in a bank account and offer my youngest sister a deal: This all goes towards a car for you if you graduate from high school and don't get pregnant.
Sad that I can't do that in real life. I'm not much of an example of what staying in school and being a good girl is supposed to get you. |
| sillyfoulks |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 06:20:22 AM
I can related to everyone else. It is just to hard to decide. We could spend it on the house, the farm, on the kids, on the cars, on a vacation. There are just to many options. This very instance I would have to say save it for the roof, but then you said that we had to spend it. So I would have to say I would use it to pay ahead on some bills. Property taxes & insurance are coming up. By paying them early it is less we would have come up with later, and in the end help with the roof. We have got to get a new roof, even if nothing else gets done this summer.
Elizabeth
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
http://livingcountrystyle.blogspot.com/ |
| cajungal |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 05:46:16 AM
Oh my! I can't decide.
A few weeks ago I would have automatically said books. But, I'm trying to break my addiction.....over 2000 in the house.
Today, the responsible part of me would pay off the orthodontist.
The logical part of me would buy my girls some shoes and clothes.
The fun part of me would pack up the car and take a road trip with my girls.....leaving Daddy behind at work......just a girls trip!! Yep, if someone handed me $500 today, we'd head to state and national parks for hiking and make a special trip to see Natural Bridge Caverns.
Blessings
Catherine
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
| Destiny~ |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 05:23:25 AM
Books. Lots of books. I'd prepay on MJ's next book and then get some of the cookbooks that have been mentioned on this forum. And a few other books that I've come across recently all related to this lifestyle.
The I'd start to feel guilty about not using the money for more important things so then I'd probably just narrow it down to prepaying MJ's next book and buying one other book so I'd have something in hand-NOW.
I can still dream. |
| Horseyrider |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 04:32:35 AM
I'd probably give it to my vet. I had several things going on last month, so my bill was $536. I wouldn't have to come up with much that way! |
| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 12:18:03 AM
Tonite a personal masseuse and physiotherapist would be my idea of a good thing. Spring bones is achin'!!
Di
http://www.daisyfarm.blogspot.com |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 10:45:44 PM
Now YOU are thinking Shirley..haha
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
| Shirley |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 10:37:13 PM
I would take it on my trip to Italy next month and buy Italian stuff, Tiles, chocolate , and a big stuff bag to bring one of those good looking guys home with me ROFL One that cleans,cooks and feeds me Italian wine on the veranda!!!! |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 7:57:53 PM
ROAD TRIP!!!!!! antiques! i just LOVE antiques!
True Friends, Frannie |
| Paradise Creek Farmgirl |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 7:46:30 PM
I would raise my island of dahlias with a river rock foundation.
Shellie |
| Alaska farm girl |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 6:37:03 PM
I'd buy the generator I don't think my hubby is gonna get for me,wahhhhh! I loved reading all the answers.there is nowhere in the world that you could actually get an overall comparison of what we'd do with our money.It's a great comradarie,yes? |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 5:16:42 PM
ooo meadowlark! You're my kind of gal! |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:31:54 PM
More cabernet franc grapevines to plant in my vineyard... around 150 plants and an oak wine barrel or two.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| akcowgirl |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:13:40 PM
I would pay my dentist bill. Boring
Valerie
Alaska Girl all the way
Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
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