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Across the Fence:  $500 to spend?  |
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Mollie
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
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 Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 2:36:27 PM
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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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LifeSmiles
Farmgirl in Training
37 Posts
Kathy
DeKalb
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 3:18:44 PM
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I would pay down debt. Not the most exciting plan, I know, but we're a little bit behind the 8-ball this month. Sigh.
Or I would spend it on my wedding.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 3:46:18 PM
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I would buy all new livestock panels for the cow pen and 2X 12's for the raised beds and stock up on feed for the animals. I usually buy a month's worth ahead and it would be fun to be stocked up for a little longer.
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 |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 3:53:32 PM
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I would have the couch reupholstered. Needs it bad :)
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 3:58:11 PM
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| I was thinking new couch! But also I need a new wardrobe . . . right now am losing weight and I look like I'm wearing clown pants. So far spent money on one pair of jeans, but don't want to invest more because the weight WILL continue to come off. But if I had $500, I could do some real damage -- some at Marshall Field's and some at the resale store! |
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl
1210 Posts
Patti
Missouri
USA
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
989 Posts
Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
989 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:09:08 PM
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Easy- buy soap, jam, candles and a couple folding tables oh and also an awning/cover for the market. Global industrial has these cool folding tables that fit into a car trunk but fold out to a large 72" table. perfect for the market. Maybe I should buy a lottery ticket. The market here starts the first weekend in May.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
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LadyCrystal
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Alicia
Rhode Island
USA
593 Posts |
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rabbithorns
True Blue Farmgirl
544 Posts
Allison
Fort Scott
KS
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:13:38 PM
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I missed out on a $100 treadle sewing machine at the thrift store and I felt awful. I couldn't buy it so I didn't. So I would buy a treadle sewing machine, and I'd buy a whole bunch of vintage linens for use and for crafts, and last, I'd get a (faux) barrister bookcase at Sam Levitz - it's the kind with the glass front panels that lift and slide inside the top of each shelf. Then the linens and quilts I've got would be displayed and I could see them easily to see what I wanted for craft projects. Then I'd have my own little corner! It's amazing what $500 could do when you think about it! Of course, what I SHOULD do is get one of those new heart CTs, buy the kids some shoes, and a new dresser for my husband. His is falling apart and it's covered with about a million stickers (literally - it's a piece of art!) because it used to belong to my son. Well, I don't have $500 anyway, but I love the thought! Thanks for the dreaming space! |
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akcowgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Valerie
Homer
Alaska
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:13:40 PM
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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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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 4:31:54 PM
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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. |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 5:16:42 PM
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| ooo meadowlark! You're my kind of gal! |
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Alaska farm girl
True Blue Farmgirl
123 Posts
dorothy
skagway
Alaska
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 6:37:03 PM
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| 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? |
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Paradise Creek Farmgirl
Farmgirl in Training
21 Posts
Shellie
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 7:46:30 PM
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I would raise my island of dahlias with a river rock foundation.
Shellie |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 7:57:53 PM
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ROAD TRIP!!!!!! antiques! i just LOVE antiques!
True Friends, Frannie |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2006 : 10:37:13 PM
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| 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!!!! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 12:18:03 AM
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Tonite a personal masseuse and physiotherapist would be my idea of a good thing. Spring bones is achin'!!
Di
http://www.daisyfarm.blogspot.com |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 04:32:35 AM
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| 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! |
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Destiny~
True Blue Farmgirl
195 Posts
Dar
west
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 05:23:25 AM
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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. |
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 05:46:16 AM
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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." |
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sillyfoulks
True Blue Farmgirl
164 Posts
Elizabeth
Illinois
USA
164 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 06:20:22 AM
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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.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 06:47:48 AM
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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. |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 08:08:56 AM
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| Fabric, all the colors of embroidery floss I want, yarns, trinkets from the antique store, etc...the bills can wait. |
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theherblady
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Jan
Glasford
Illinois
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2006 : 10:41:18 AM
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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!
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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