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MorelCabin
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I would definitely buy a big peice of land...and build a self sufficient cabin on it...buy a motorhome, and I would pay off all our debts. And there are certain friends and family members I would like to help out.
curly_kate
Almost Self-Reliant
1. Quit my job to farm & do my girls group full time
2. Buy a bunch of land & build a passive solar house.
3. Start college funds for nieces & nephew.
4. Pay off house for SIL (and probably MIL & FIL, too).
5. Stash enough to live on, and give the rest away.
2. Buy a bunch of land & build a passive solar house.
3. Start college funds for nieces & nephew.
4. Pay off house for SIL (and probably MIL & FIL, too).
5. Stash enough to live on, and give the rest away.
curly_kate
Almost Self-Reliant
On a related note - if you did win the lottery, do you think you would quit being frugal? I have a hard time imagining that I'd suddenly drop $300 on a pair of shoes, or buy a Cadillac just because I had money to burn.
FarmerChick
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I am the same way Curly
I would buy a luxury item or 2---cause I could....LOL......but my everyday shopping wouldn't change much. I could never spend $250 on a purse---or $300 on shoes.....or $6,000 on a diamond tennis braclet.
I just can't..LOL
I would buy a luxury item or 2---cause I could....LOL......but my everyday shopping wouldn't change much. I could never spend $250 on a purse---or $300 on shoes.....or $6,000 on a diamond tennis braclet.
I just can't..LOL
patandchickens
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I could never see spending $10,000 on a piece of jewellery but quite honestly if I won a huge lottery it would take real self-control to refrain from spending $10,000 on a Lipizzaner horse 
(I have a half-bred who is now retired but hugely fun and challenging)
LOL I think we *all* have a weak spot *somewhere*...
Pat
(I have a half-bred who is now retired but hugely fun and challenging)LOL I think we *all* have a weak spot *somewhere*...
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LOL I think we *all* have a weak spot *somewhere*...
**OH YES!
**OH YES!
I would probably be spending the $300 on DD's outfits vs making them myself (yes some of her outfits are worth that much with all the accessories.) But, would I spend that much on an outfit for myself...probably not.
Beekissed
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I think my weak spot would be doing a little traveling. I've not been too many places and could never afford a vacation, so I would probably see America, Australia, New Zealand, Scottland and some tropical islands as my splurge! 
I'd try to get my Mom to go to the ocean with me...she's never seen one before except in pictures. Heck, I was in my mid-thirties before I ever saw the ocean!
I'd try to get my Mom to go to the ocean with me...she's never seen one before except in pictures. Heck, I was in my mid-thirties before I ever saw the ocean!
lorihadams
Always doing laundry
I agree Bee! After watching National Geographic and the Travel Channel and planet earth series I want to take my kids to the corners of the earth and back. That's my kind of homeschooling!!!
I would buy the biggest piece of property I could find and build me a house with a basement and a woodstove! I would have solar panels, tons of animals, and start a community garden program so that other people could learn how to be self-sufficient and feed themselves! Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day...teach him how to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime!
I would make quilts whenever I felt like it and donate them to nursing home patients and project linus and not feel guilty about spending the time or money.
I would buy my husband a new truck with all the bells and whistles and let him hunt for a living.
I would help my mom and dad retire.
I would go white water rafting again!!! Chad and I did that on our honeymoon and it was fantastic! We went to Ft. Lewis Lodge and stayed in a one room cabin with a fireplace, bed and 2 rocking chairs for a week...we got married Sept 22, 2001. It was just cold enough to have a fire and go hiking and wonderful rafting weather, in a wetsuit of course! Got up our last day and drove to West Va and went down the Upper Gauley River....I always said that I would go back and do that again someday!
I would buy the biggest piece of property I could find and build me a house with a basement and a woodstove! I would have solar panels, tons of animals, and start a community garden program so that other people could learn how to be self-sufficient and feed themselves! Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day...teach him how to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime!
I would make quilts whenever I felt like it and donate them to nursing home patients and project linus and not feel guilty about spending the time or money.
I would buy my husband a new truck with all the bells and whistles and let him hunt for a living.
I would help my mom and dad retire.
I would go white water rafting again!!! Chad and I did that on our honeymoon and it was fantastic! We went to Ft. Lewis Lodge and stayed in a one room cabin with a fireplace, bed and 2 rocking chairs for a week...we got married Sept 22, 2001. It was just cold enough to have a fire and go hiking and wonderful rafting weather, in a wetsuit of course! Got up our last day and drove to West Va and went down the Upper Gauley River....I always said that I would go back and do that again someday!
