GTKY: If you could splurge...

[Deleted]

There's nothing material that I would splurge on. I would, however, spend a boatload on a posh, luxury style African safari if we had the funds.

[nettje]

A round the world plane ticket and the money to pay for 4 star like hotels and the time off to do it. There are so many countries on my bucket list...

[tiffbot]

Currently, a brand new SUV, where I can go test drive a few, pick out whichever one I want, and pay it all up front and not have a loan out.


In general, I'm on board for any vacation. Nothing really specific in mind!

[ThePalindromicOne]

Intangibles: visit all the islands!
Tangible: on my wicked awesome yacht

[wifedeangel]

I'd like to redo my living room. In fact, I'd like a new house to go with the new furniture too.

But really, I can't think If any super splurgey items right now.

[leenziepops]

Travel - splurging on amazing hotels and first class plane tickets

[billyhorrible]

Definitely some kind of vacation - a safari, trip to Cambodia, Fiji, Bali....

[jessila]

Does paying off my substantial school loans count?

[honeybunches101]

Right now, hiring a full household staff sounds pretty amazing. A nanny to hang out with my son when he is being a pest, a chef to prepare delicious, healthy meals, and a house keeper to clean and do laundry. And then I could climb back in bed and sleep for a few more hours.

An unlimited budget for luxury travel would be awesome too, I want to see the world but doing it on our current budget is not going to happen. And a new, huge house in an amazing location.

DH and I invested some money in a friend's family's company and love to joke about what we will do when they makes it big and we are rich. Sadly I don't think a huge pay out will be in the cards for us, but we can dream!

[ajm11]

I'd like a large farm house with beautiful furnishings on about 50 acres of land. I also want alpacas and chickens.

[ladysif]

World travel sounds lovely, as well as all the time and money to do it! I'm way too practical and would probably choose something of insane value so I could sell it and use the money for a multitude of different things. Ha. Slightly more along the lines of what was intended, I'd build my dream house that would of course be fully paid for.

[Widget123]

1. I would love to build a dream house. DH bought our house when he was 21 during the boom before I was in the picture and it is still substantially underwater. I would have never in a million years picked that house and my daily commute is horrific.

2. I would also do a transatlantic cruise.

[Deleted]

I am in the house purchase camp too. I love my little house and am proud that I bought it in my early 20's... But it constantly needs fixing and is going to be a pretty tight space when LO arrives.

I would buy a bigger new house fully decorated in the best school district in our area.

[Bluedaisy]

Definitely travel!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Building my dream house, definitely. Although I will say that that probably "splurge" on stuff a lot more often than I already should....whoops

[dmoney]

Intangibles: Traveling the world :Europe, Australia, New Zeland
Tangible: A new SUV, and our Dream House!

[mcp6286]

I'm with everyone else - I'd be torn between wanting to build my dream house and wanting to travel across Europe with DH, luxury-style with money as no object.

[islandgirl14]

Also torn between travel & house. I'm desperately craving a tropical vacation - it's been far too long, and I need, need need to get away, lay on a beach, hang out in the keys or somewhere else! We're also in the process of building... are close to finalizing our draft and don't have a rough cost yet, and I have a feeling we just created more house than we can afford and will need to cut back a lot. Boo, hiss...

[mrskblack11]

After witnessing my parents build their "dream home" 7 years ago and now they want to "downgrade"......

My vote is for traveling. I have never been to Europe. I would want to visit all the historic sites, hang out on the Mediterranean sea, indulge in amazing food.

Or landscape my backyard. That would be nice.

Or buy a froyo machine......yummmmmm.

[sgarmand]

I'll have to agree with the dream house. Even though we just bought a home last September and I love it to pieces, I know it's not our forever home and will probably get really cramped if we end up having the four kids we plan on.

A very, very close second would be a meal planner/chef/personal trainer for after baby. DH is actually somewhat my personal trainer, but the eating is where it gets hard.

[bendherova]

Travel. I have 5 more continents to check off my list!!

[sgarmand]

Apr 2, 2015 11:27:33 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

After witnessing my parents build their "dream home" 7 years ago and now they want to "downgrade"......

My vote is for traveling. I have never been to Europe. I would want to visit all the historic sites, hang out on the Mediterranean sea, indulge in amazing food.

Or landscape my backyard. That would be nice.

Or buy a froyo machine......yummmmmm.

I've seen so many people do this recently. It's been couples in their late 40's to mid 50's, with an empty or soon-to-be empty nest, building brand new 2500+ square foot homes. I get they want their "dream home", but practicality trumps dream home for me every time. My dream home is actually about 2000 square feet MAX. Part of the dream for me is having somewhere I'll want to stay forever, not figuring out how the hell I'm gonna clean it all and what I'll do with the unnecessary space once the kids leave.

[mrskblack11]

Apr 2, 2015 11:58:48 GMT -5 sgarmand said:

Apr 2, 2015 11:27:33 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

After witnessing my parents build their "dream home" 7 years ago and now they want to "downgrade"......

My vote is for traveling. I have never been to Europe. I would want to visit all the historic sites, hang out on the Mediterranean sea, indulge in amazing food.

Or landscape my backyard. That would be nice.

Or buy a froyo machine......yummmmmm.

I've seen so many people do this recently. It's been couples in their late 40's to mid 50's, with an empty or soon-to-be empty nest, building brand new 2500+ square foot homes. I get they want their "dream home", but practicality trumps dream home for me every time. My dream home is actually about 2000 square feet MAX. Part of the dream for me is having somewhere I'll want to stay forever, not figuring out how the hell I'm gonna clean it all and what I'll do with the unnecessary space once the kids leave.

Yes! My mom hates cleaning her house. They had high hopes of having "the kids" come around and stay all the time. That doesn't happen except for major holidays. Their new plan is to move closer to us (so they can actually spend time with their grandchild) and buy a smaller house on more acreage.

[mmo2112]

Apr 2, 2015 9:16:18 GMT -5 jessila said:

Does paying off my substantial school loans count?

+1.  The freedom that comes with that final payment will be glorious indeed.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Apr 2, 2015 11:27:33 GMT -5 mrskblack11 said:

Or landscape my backyard. That would be nice.

This was my second thought - I'd love my property to turn heads!

[wormgerm]

I would pay off my student loans in a heartbeat. If that isn't fun enough to dream about I would buy one of the gorgeous century homes along the lake front and, endless budget included, renovate it Nicole Curtis style and furnish it.

[teenybird]

Another vote here for world travel. I'd also love to buy a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Chicago...I'm so homesick!!

[missjenniebean]

Definitely a travel trip. Not the kind with 5 star hotels either. Genuine travel trips.

[erbear]

Paying off my student loans, traveling, or building my dream house. My dream house isn't more than a 3-4 bedroom place - I just want an en suite and a really nicely landscaped backyard with a built in fire pit and room for a swing set for my kid.

[ThePalindromicOne]

Apr 2, 2015 13:40:03 GMT -5 @kej0004 said:

Can I add to mine that if I was world traveling, I would definitely have splurged on a full set of Louis Vuitton matching luggage to make the trip with? They're so unnecessary, but they're just so pretty.

You just gave me my UO!  Sorry dear!