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The winter sales are on here, and it seems to be the time of year when everyone is thinking about their budget. At the dinner table last night I was chatting with the children. I’m not sure how we got there, but conversation came around to “what would you do with a thousand euros, dollars or pounds?”
A thousand is just a nice sum to play with. Not so big that it makes you feel responsible, yet big enough to make a purchase feel special, a splurge, a treat. The kids responses were most diverse, ranging from a new drum set, to a zoom lens to some pearl earrings – Ghetto just wanted lots of chickens …. ahem …
After scratching my head for a while I thought I’d really love a special suitcase, that looks old fashioned and well made but that can actually cope with today’s travel, that makes me feel good every time I unpack it, or pick it up in an airport.
[blank]And I wondered what your answer would be?
So here’s the game …. imagine I have a thousand dollars, euros or pounds for you to play with. To spend on a gift just for you. This is your special selfish moment, forget about your children, husband, your dogs and your Great Aunt Sybil … this is for YOU!
Would you book yourself into a spa, buy an air ticket to Rome, get that ring you’ve been dreaming of … or maybe you’d purchase a year’s worth of luxury chocolates delivered to your door ….
Surprise me please … I am intrigued[blank]
PS there are so many wonderful ideas coming in here, from rose bushes, to Hermes handbags to lunch at Le Meurice …. keeping the post up for a few more hours to see what else you come up with![blank]
photos thanks to Andy Warhol, Bon Marché, Kelian, Globetrotter
67 comments
I would buy a Hermes scarf and handbag! Didn't take me more than 20 seconds to figure this out!
I would buy one ticket to Paris and hope to find another $1000 to buy a ticket for my husband. Love your blog, Sharon
ticket to France (then get a job so I could actually stay there). Failing that, I would take the grand and get that bed reupholstered. Loved the blue and white check.
Dear Sharon, I would look for the finest cashmere sweaters that money can buy, maybe 3 or 4 would be just right for the money.
I would buy some much needed new furniture. A new mattress or a sofa…..boring, I know.
I would look for a classic handbag or two. Something I could use for years that would always look great.
I'd go out and buy some grown up clothes. I just live in jeans really. Mind you, I've no idea where I'd wear the grown up clothes…
Well Sharon, I would hop on a plane and come and visit you!!!! If I had any money left I would shop in your store!!!
Someday I will do that!!! I love all things French so it would not be hard to spend it, ha ha….
Hugs,
Mags
xx
Lovely idea, had to think a minute and it would be either "shoes" or towards the trip to Prague with my boys… To enjoy a family vacation(: and more shopping(: hugs z
I wouldn't want anything that would be used up or worn out…no, I would buy something that would still be around long after I'm gone…a beautiful little table perhaps.
OK, Sharon, this will come as no surprise . . . I would purchase an Air France ticket to Paris!!
Love all three of your choices, the dress, shoes and luggage are all wonderful. I have no idea, I think I would just put it in the bank. I have plenty of clothes and nothing I really want. Great post and very thought provoking. Hugs, Marty
I would take a trip. Hopefully, be able to eat while there.
Well, actually, I , in reality, would squirrel it away. That's what I end up doing when there is a windfall….dream big, act small…..
Nancy
Just on me! I think I would put it in my "run away to Paris" fund – either that or a pair (or two) of Roger Vivier shoes!
Mary x
i would put it in the bank and dream about my mad money for awhile. it's the anticipation that is half the fun.
🙂
michele
Some lovely rough and heavy linen sheets and pillowcases would be on the top of my list. I adore them! 🙂
I think I would splurge on a new camera… that would be terrific. It's fun to think of the other possibilities too! XO
A classic Burberry trench coat or Mulberry handbag for me – something that wouldn't date quickly.
Oh wow! Sometimes I think I want everything and then nothing. I think I would splurge on something to wear…something timeless and classic so I'd have it forever.
XO,
Jane
What a great post…with $1000, I think I would do a weekend trip & stay at your guest cottage – airfare & stay might come into that amount. It would be memorable for sure than any material posession. Those things come & go but a trip stays in mind forever.
I live in a great main street little town on Long Island NY. I think I would walk into town and have a day of hair and makeup, go to the bookstore, have a nice lunch with my dh or a friend. Or I would take my entire family (6) to a Broadway play and out to Dinner. Oh dear I see I have spent all the money!
Corinne
Wow, you got me here. I find it very difficult to spend money on myself, so this is a fun little game?…but I am drawing a complete blank! Maybe a weekend with my husband at a swanky hotel on the coast.
Nothing right now really tickles my fancy…maybe a trip to Anchorage, Alaska to watch the Opening of the Iditarot Race in March…touted as the Last Great Race on Earth. I've been to Alaska in the Spring and Summer, never had the urge to go in Winter, unless it's to watch the Race. This is a fun post. Thanks Sharon!
xx
And of course, it spells "Iditarod"…hmmm…maybe I'm spelling like a robot…:)
When it comes to spending money on myself I always have difficulty. But then if I had 1000 euros just to spend on ME, I could be extravagant and buy a beautiful silk nightgown & luxurious underwear, something I've never done.
Oh, what a gift…. to imagine for a few minutes of a $1000 gift.
I would like to take an oil painting workshop from one of my favorite artists, British artist, Julian Merrow-Smith who now resides in the South of France…. Oh so many dreams wrapped up in one. Thank you for the time to imagine.
I'd book a few spa treatments – I love to be pampered and I also love cashmere sweaters. so there's my answer.
Hummm…I might treat myself to a night at a special hotel/spa OR a day of total indulgence at a day spa. OR take advantage of all the sales and buy myself a new beautiful winter white coat…in the market for one. I never run out of things that I could spend money on:)
An Etro stole!
I would love to attend one of those crazy dinner parties put on by Heston Blumenthal 🙂
Theatre tickets!
A special, classic, beautiful coat!
Repetto shoes or the Royal Albert Polka rose service or a new camera or tango shoes or… Are you sure we are limited to 1000? I mean, since it's only a dream…
Amazing how I was just dreaming about a wonderful purchase that I could make recently. I love travel, but I work part-time for an airline, so I have those benefits. If not, it would be for travel. But I have other loves and one is collecting great perfumes, especially those that are vintage or have been discontinued. One that I have desired lately is Hermes Doblis. I know where I can purchase a vintage quarter of a bottle of $750 and the remainder would go for pretty shoes or a memorable dinner with great wine!
I would buy shrubs, flower bulbs, vintage rose bushes, and a small tree for my front yard. These would be cover for the songbirds we feed, and for our squirrels to enjoy.
I will buy Hermes bag or yes buy a ticket to Rome, i just love it.
Ah Sharon! I would head straight to a parfumerie in Paris of course! and treat myself to a few bottles of wonderful Serge Lutens parfume plus body lotions and a few of those pretty little bottles of pure essence to dab discreetly behind ears ….. as French women do. Then I would take my sisters to lunch at Le Meurice on Rue de Rivoli. Just dreaming!
"All Things French"
Have my poor teeth fixed as there is budget for that on our fixed income and the costs have become 'out of this world'. Take my sugar of 60 years to dinner. Save the rest for a rainy day as after the sunshine comes the rain, n'est-ce pas?
With fortitude,
Sylvia Faye
Hire a gardener for the day. 🙂 (in early April)
Have a big bunch of flowers delivered to my home every week till the money ran out.Wonderful.
An airline ticket to Paris… just a few days to play.
I'd like to say I'd go to Paris, but I turn fifty in a few months, and it's weighing on me. I would go to the dermatologist and gat every Botox, lazer and peal she recommended and arrive at 50 looking fabulous. My second choice would be using the money to do some really special entertaining this summer, maybe some live music at a backyard BBQ, create a German beer hall in October,
I love the flower delivery idea–have to join in with Avril. What a luxury to have a big bunch of beautiful flowers delivered every week. It would just brighten everyday!
x0, Lissy Parker
I would spend it on my garden……nothing brings me more pleasure! With an extravagance for topiary for the garden we have created from scratch over the last four years, it would go a long way. Love Marie Francesca's idea of an Hermes handbag and scalf though!
I would redecorate my apartment! I've been craving a change but have always felt guilty about spending so much on myself. There's this Peacock Alley Duet bedding set that I've had my eye on for a while now. Would definitely buy it if I had $1000!
It has always been my dream to see Paris, Italy and Rome….or even just one of these places. I would use the money to visit. 🙂 I've never commented here, but your blog is beautiful.
Wenda S. maggieandme52@yahoo.com
I would get a new camera with a new lenses just for me. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
I had that chance recently and splurged on a road bike fitted just to me. Oh how I love her!
If it's just for fun stuff (meaning no bills that are screaming to be paid, which is what I SHOULD use it for 🙂 )…then maybe I would get a new set of sheets for my bed, towels for my bath and a nice new nightie, robe and slippers. They are daily necessities that I often delay replacing because of the cost.
A romantic weekend get away with my husband. At a lovely Santa Barbara, California hotel. On the beach. Ah yes, perfect!
~ Christina ♥ (from Los Angeles)
I would remodel my master bathroom to include a big luxurious tub so I could fill it with bubble bath and make the world go away! Hugs, Leena
Well I can't afford to buy books so first stop would be my Amazon wish list of several hundred books to have great fun choosing and then parcels to open and then a pile of brand new books by my bedside. Some of course would be Kindle versions but mainly real books. I would probably spend about half on that then with the other half I would be able to not just browse at all the wonderful brocantes in the area of the Dordogne where I live but buy beautiful things for the home, linen, antique books, silver cutlery. I would also buy some peonies for the garden.
Sharon, this is what I would do.
https://beverlyhillsbranche.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-would-bhb-do.html
This question is way too easy. I would purchase the Hermes Herbag in the most delicious orange colour.
All roads lead to Hermes!!!
A trip to Paris and come to visit you!
A Beautiful coat, probably Burberry or a Chanel jacket.
I would buy two truckloads of flagstone ($400.00), a load of sand (50.00), a load of gravel(75.00), hire two students and create two flagstone patios to enhance the front and back entrances of my tiny 1830's retirement home. Some people take up knitting, I decided to create the little home of my dreams. Yet, the entrances are sadly lacking and hence my dreams of flagstones and flowers!
Love your blog. All the best from Nova Scotia, Canada!
Without a doubt -fresh flowers delivered weekly till the money ran out. Perfumed roses or white lilies if I could be even more indulgent! Or maybe beautiful antique linen?
dear sharon: a plane to paris, a train to normandy, a boat to england, with my lovely daughter. may dreams came true.
To find and pay for a lovely, honest cleaner for as long as possible :o) That would be so special for me :o)
I would spend it on a round trip ticket to take a trip with my parents to Germany and go back to where I LOVE!
I would take a trip. Hopefully, be able to eat while there.
Well, actually, I , in reality, would squirrel it away. That's what I end up doing when there is a windfall….dream big, act small…..
Nancy
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