https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:00:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934444 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 01:27:04 +0000 PointeShoesTutus 934444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd want to use it to cover some IVF expenses. Or take a fabulous European vacation if we weren't ready to start yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934155 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 21:04:45 +0000 bpcmarj 934155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would buy a modest car (5k), some new clothes for DH and I, and then we would go on vacation...Disney! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934108 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:48:52 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 934108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The idea of fun money that I couldn't invest or save makes me nervous and clammy. I'm not very good at spending though I can think of a few things I'd like to do to finish the house... but even if I had fun money like that, I wouldn't spend it. It's not in my nature! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934107 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:48:17 +0000 BSB 934107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I had to use it, I would spend it on vacation or upgrade our furniture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934090 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:44:05 +0000 CibMomma 934090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Renovate our backyard! We just went to Costa Rica and have a lot of fun things planned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934055 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:36:23 +0000 avivoca 934055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Replace the carpet with hardwood to match the kitchen, redo the master bath (tile, install sink/toilet, replace drywall) , and if there was any left, go on a small trip to Nashville. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934026 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:30:33 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 934026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Furniture, people to fix up projects in my house I keep putting off... clothes for us. And more baby stuff, I am sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-934017 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:28:50 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 934017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'd probably get a couch and go on vacation. We might get a new car instead..fun to think about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933874 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:51:24 +0000 mamabolt 933874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'd for sure put it toward redoing our deck/screen porch! We have had to put it off until next year and I am so sad to not have a space to play outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933772 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:20:53 +0000 loveisstrange 933772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-Refinish/repair our hardwood floors<br /> -Replace countertops in our kitchen<br /> -Gut the main bathroom and add another in the basement<br /> -Resurface the driveway<br /> -New appliances</p> <p>In a dream world where home reno wasn't super expensive, put a master suite addition on the house too. </p> <p>Ah, the joys of owning a fixer-upper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933764 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:15:48 +0000 PurplePeony 933764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I were being practical, I'd probably put most of it toward various home improvement projects but they're not fun (adding insulation to the attic, fixing some issues in the garage). If I wanted to just blow the money on fun stuff, I'd spend a week at a high-end resort somewhere warm and beachy (Four Seasons Maui? The Ladera in St. Lucia? W Hotel Vieques?), and if anything was left I'd hire a personal stylist to help me build a better wardrobe (but pretty please let me wait until after the baby is born and I lose most of the baby weight!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933752 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:10:54 +0000 regberadaisy 933752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hop on a plane to Cinque Terre, Italy with DH and LO, stat!</p> <p>Then come home and buy furnishings and decorations for our home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933744 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:07:10 +0000 dolphin 933744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would spend it on a down payment for house. DH would spend it on a new car or add another fancy watch to his collection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933731 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:01:18 +0000 Mrs D 933731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lisamarieloves: I plan to dream about it tonight! :) struttin around in my fancy shoes partying with my friend in some lovely place! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933599 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:09:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 933599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would hire an interior designer to decorate and style my entire apartment! It drives me nuts how cluttered and bare bones it is. I just don't feel I have the money to do what I want with it! </p> <p>If there was anything leftover I'd hire a personal trainer to help me lose another 20 lbs </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933570 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:59:51 +0000 deactivated_account 933570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: Your single girl splurge exactly mimics what I want right now as a married girl!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933563 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:57:58 +0000 deactivated_account 933563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: I love that same crate &amp; barrel bed!! I'm a 30 year old married woman and I do NOT have a bed set. Isn't that awful?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000/page/2#post-933290 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:32:50 +0000 Arden 933290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, we'd buy a travel trailer. </p> <p>However, I'm going to exclude that for the purpose of this thread and have some fun dreaming. :)</p> <p>- MacBook Air<br /> - Vacation (maybe South America?).<br /> - Canon DSLR (not entirely sure which one).<br /> - Kelly Moore 2 Sues Bag, and maybe another KM as well.<br /> - MAC/Makeup Forever/Smashbox shopping spree<br /> - Furniture (including an Eames rocker).<br /> - A boatload of new clothes/shoes from reasonable stores like Banana Republic/Loft/H&amp;M/Zara/JCrew/etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933286 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:31:00 +0000 lamariniere 933286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: do you have a tiny European oven too? Mine is like a shoebox. I practically burn my knuckles every time I take something out of it! I need to add a giant oven to my wish list...which would then have to include kitchen renovations to allow it to fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933279 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:27:36 +0000 SugarplumsMom 933279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm going to expand my kitchen! But DH would want to change the windows. I'm a push over and will probably give in. But it definitely wouldn't be enough to complete either project. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933262 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:23:48 +0000 yoursilverlining 933262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ooooh, fun money:</p> <p>1 week to San Francisco and Napa valley, see friends and lots of wineries</p> <p>1 week in Spain</p> <p>long weekend to Washington, DC </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933261 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:23:40 +0000 Silva 933261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Practical: put it toward a new (used) car<br /> Extravagant: ski trip in Banff for husband's winter vacation </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933259 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:23:22 +0000 Cherrybee 933259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Its a tie up between the loft conversion and a complete garden makeover! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933258 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:23:21 +0000 doxielove 933258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Herm. If paying off debt isn't an option (in my head, downpayment for a house is saving/paying off debt so I'll exclude that was well)...I'll say...a really nice vaca! We never really went on a *real* honeymoon anywhere so that would be nice! Somewhere beachy and warm :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933244 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:20:38 +0000 JessKas 933244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd buy art to finish the house, the rest of the backpacking gear we'd like, and go on a 3-4 week road trip/camping vacation through the Southwest with DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933238 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:19:21 +0000 HLK208 933238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A bed, a couch, a hand bag and new clothes!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933227 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:16:13 +0000 ninja 933227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would get an air conditioner installed in our house, and have a nice vacation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933102 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:38:39 +0000 LuLu Mom 933102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. Carpet<br /> 2. Tile/New Counter Tops in bathroom &amp; kitchen</p> <p>And that would probably due it...leftovers would be new clothings for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933095 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:36:36 +0000 LazyLightning 933095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh. If it's fun money, I'd fix up my classic car with it. Or else go on an awesome trip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/just-for-fun-if-you-had-10000#post-933094 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:36:29 +0000 daniellemybelle 933094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to say pay off debt, but since that's not allowed, we'd use it toward buying a house! Though what I would REALLY love to do is go on an amazing vacation. </p>