Decisions, decisions, decisions! I’d either a) buy groceries, b) buy Christmas gifts, or c) Save it for NYDope. Probably groceries, as that’s really what I’m most in need of at the moment.
I have a long list of tapes, DVDs, and books that I want. $50 could knock 2, 3 items off that list.
Of course, I would probably end up shopping for Christmas gifts. My parents usually give me some cash for that, since I don’t have a job or a regular allowance, but I always feel a bit guilty. They spend enough money on me as it is, paying for school stuff.
jessica
Aw, gee, lunch and a movie, that’s sweet! 
Me, nothing, it’d just hang out in my wallet and get spent eventually. If you’re saying I have to spend it on some, one, thing, then a bottle-and-a-half of Stroh ($35/bottle.) I’d have to send the cash to Dyno first, but still.
What no one is going to save it for PTP?
I’ll bite. Whats** PTP **?
PTP= Pay to Post - When the message board is going to cost money
When I can find them on sale…
I have a little shoe issue…
When I can find them on sale…
I have a little shoe issue… **
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Girl, if I had to wait until I had $200 before I could buy a pair of shoes I’d have lost my toes to frostbite ages ago! I’m with heraldgwena–Payless or Baker’s, and sometimes a department store if there’s a good sale. I do have a pair of high-quality winter boots, black leather buckled mary-janes, and birk’s–each of which cost me between $100-200. But for the trendy stuff, or the “well, these would match that one outfit I wear maybe three times a year” buys–i’m a bargain hunter all the way.
50 bucks is just about average when it comes to my footwear purchases…
bella–[sub]who is now picturing AiW sneering at her with utter contempt, as a great gourmet chef might eye the fry-boy at burger king
50 bucks would buy me one hell of a night at the local <ahem> “alternative lifestyle” bar.
I would buy stuff at a fleamarket near me, sell it on Ebay and turn it into $300. Then I would buy myself a nice leather wallet.
Or maybe I’d buy 30 packs of Hello Kitty gum.
::sits down and ponders::
I’d take Mom out to eat. She’s been a real sport with me out of work; taking me out several times, even though she isn’t that much better off right now than I am.
Then (cause that would only be $20-30), I’d buy groceries, and probably splurge on something like lobster or steak.
$50 would help when I go to buy a new bike in the next couple days.
Oooh, or it would just pay for getting a nipple ring.
Or a nice single malt scotch.
Perhaps Grand Theft Auto III would be cool to have around.
But the bike’s more important, I guess.
I think I’d treat my husband and myself to a movie. $25 for the babysitter, $25 for the tickets plus a soda we’d share.
I can’t believe that not one Doper would give it to charity. Can you imagine what a small village in Africa could do with the money? No? Me neither. No Wall-Marts to spend it in. Hell, may as well keep the money here where it can be spent. I’ll buy my wife some perfume.
Hey, I AM a charity! Have you seen my fridge? Skim milk and eggs.
The charity idea is a good one, and I’m embarrassed it didn’t occur to me.
But if I had to use the fifty bucks frivolously, I’d take a friend or two out for dinner and drinks.
I’d bet it all on black at the nearest casino. Easy come easy go.
Ditto…
Nah - I never sneer. Shoes are sort of my Achilies Heel (how appropriate), well, actually accesories of every kind.
I love shoes. I have over 100 pairs (114 at last count, but that was a while ago). The most expensive pair was about $700. They’re REALLY nice. 
In my own defence, I don’t have an expensive stereo system or an amazing DVD or video games. I have a 2nd hand car (thats getting a new engine - no shoes for me for a while 
). I don’t smoke. I don’t really drink. (Maybe 3 or 4 times a year). I don’t do drugs, or have some strange food addiction. Really, as far as addictions go, I think shoes are a fairly innocuous one. But then, of course I would.
Al. [sub]Who just really, really loves shoes.[/sub]
I’d buy a good book, some take-out Chinese, a six-pack of diet coke and give the rest to the SO so he could go out and leave me in peace to enjoy my feast and quiet reading time.