Tuesday, September 19, 2006

If I had $1,000 to spend today . . .

Sallie's asking us how we would spend a gift of $1,000, but the money comes with some stipulations:

You have to use it up that day and can’t save it.
You can’t use it to pay debts or bills.
You can’t use it for improvements on your home.
You can’t give it all to charity/church.

I think I would buy my mom tickets to Taiwan.  If I could get her some "off season" tickets, I would probably have enough left over to get another Maltese puppy for me and Gilby to love.

So . . . how about you?  What would you do? 

Sep 19, 2006 1:22:59 PM | bloginess

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Kristy

I would fly to New Zealand!!! :D

Posted by: Kristy | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 08:53 AM

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