How would you spend $1000

April 18, 2009 4:17pm CST
Everyone says what would you buy if you won the lottery with the answer being a car, house or travel but what if you were given a more modest amount of £1,000 what would you spend that on? I would spend it on getting our back garden looking neat and tidy with some lovely garden furniture. Mind you I might have easily changed my mind before I got to the shops
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@Psiwind (21)
• Philippines
18 Apr 09
I would pay all my bills and settle all my credit card charges so I won't be harrassed by collectors anymore. I was really dumb to lend my card to my "bestfriend" and I ended up paying for all his purchases because he can't pay for it. :( Now I feel depressed...
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• United States
18 Apr 09
Aww, that sucks :( I'm sorry that happened :(
@cieldz (709)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 09
im gonna spend some of the money to buy new shoes and work clothes... i need that when im ready to find a job, cos i dont have proper clothes for work... im gonna buy a cellphone, and upgrade my PC... and for the rest of the money, im gonna put in my bank account... ^^
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@us2owls (1681)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I would put up a nice big fence down one side of my property to keep my nosey neighbour from staring over all the time. This man was so despised in the county where he previously lived - he lived in two towns there and no one liked the man he moved to our county. I can see why Greene County Illinois despised him.
22 Apr 09
Your County should put up the fence to recompense you having to live by him. Worth asking them?
@Jezebella (1446)
• United States
20 Apr 09
Oh goodness, I would go on a shopping spree. I would put some money into my savings account and pay a little on my credit card, but then I would probably spend some on clothes and shoes. A girl can never have too many clothes or shoes LOL.
@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Clothing needs.. patio furniture.. stock my pantry to the hilt, go visit a friend... buy a new bed for my daughter, save some for the holidays :) help my sister pay off a loan.
@LevysLuv (238)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Sadly, I would have no fun with the money. I’d use it to pay of credit cards. Got to get out of debt before I can have any true fun with lotto winnings. :)
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
19 Apr 09
We would save and indulge, We would spend some and then save some, as getting money and not spending atleast some of it would be hard to do. I think though what we would spend it on would depend on what we wanted at the time. Maybe a digital camcorder, or a game system, maybe just a stack of books or furniture for a house, etc.
@mchavez11 (1406)
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
I'll buy a Burberry muffler, a Ben Sherman button down, one pair of Paul Smith shoes and a slick trousers from Evisu. I think $1,000 is still not enough. Lol. In short, I will definitely go shopping.
@hotsummer (13835)
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
i am good spender now and i will save big part of it for more important use. and i will not any more fancy things. i will jsut try to invest my money in some small business to make the money grow and find some ways to grow this money. cause money is lost fast. and so we have to be thrift and tacky and 1000 is not that big money anymore.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
19 Apr 09
Just $1,000? Not a lot of money, probably just enough for next month expenditure. I guess I will just save up. During the year end, from Christmas to Chinese New Year period, the money will come in handy.
@smartjack (520)
• India
19 Apr 09
i would have renovated my house with good furniture's and would gift some to my friends.
@jugsjugs (12967)
19 Apr 09
i would use it to get ahead of my bills,as all the bills keep going up all the time that way i would not have to worry so much.then if there was any left i would take the kids away for a few days.thats one of my reasons why im doing this
19 Apr 09
I have to say right now i feel like i would go and blow it on a few impulse buys. If i got given it i might aswel have fun, as those type of things dont come around very often.
• United States
19 Apr 09
Aww, only $1000? Well.. Lets see. I would probably look for a car, used of course, for around or below that much. Preferably one without much that needs fixing. Anything that runs is fine with me, I wouldn't use it much. After that.. I would probably just by everyday things that I need, and continue on with life. Maybe spend some to take out some friends, or something. The basics. I'm not really a big spender. I'm rather cheap, actually, so it might actually take me quite awhile to spend ALL the money.
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
I am actually trying to save $1000 until December (I have a post about this) for my intented foreign travel. $1000 will be my pocket money. I hope to save such amount so I can have a nice and memorable vacation.
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
Uhm, I'd probably pay off my debt first and then keep the remaining amount in my savings account for future use. I can't think of anything I'd want to spend on as of the moment and considering the economic situation, it always helps to save.
• United States
19 Apr 09
I would spend it on my home & bills. I would like to buy a few things for my home that I need. And also to make sure my bills was paid for the month just to be a little ahead on a few bills.
• Philippines
19 Apr 09
I will give $500 to my family,save $300, and spend $200 for myself
• United States
19 Apr 09
I would most definitely put most of it towards my house payment! Yayyyyyyy I get to live in my house one more month!! HA HA
@Qing2009 (19)
• United States
19 Apr 09
i think if i won the lottery about $1000 , i would ... ,ha ha ha i don't know. i have no idea now. maybe it is not so much money. i think maybe i would spend it in buying a flight ticket to see my mother.