You were just given $500...

You must spend it on something for yourself. Can’t payoff a debt or bill. Can’t spend it on someone else. Can’t donate it to charity, political cause, or someone else. Can’t use it as a down payment on something bigger.

You have to buy something for yourself today.

What would it be?

A nice leather jacket or coat.

Skis. Always new skis.

A laptop.

Bike.

Shoes.

A rowing machine.

OPPO BDP-103 Universal Disc Player

A fully stocked liquor cabinet. Well, not the cabinet, just the booze to put in it.

Scotch
Rye
Vodka
Gin
Drambuie
Tequila
Bourbon

You get the picture.

To play along, I assume it needs to be a single item and you want a luxury thing, not “groceries”.

New TV. The HDMI ports on the current one don’t work. We have it hooked up with the fancy composite cables so we get high def, but it hitches on fast action and it’s harder to find things like Roku that don’t require HDMI these days. I can’t justify dropping $500 out of my own pocket just for that but since I need to spend yours…

I would buy a bass guitar.

Compound miter saw

New hair extensions

I need a new iPad.

A new loveseat or chair for the living room. The current loveseat is from 1993.

Ooh, lucky me! Let’s see, that’s about £310. I think I’d get myself some new clothes and shoes. We’ve been on a bit of a budget lately and a lot of my current stuff is pretty worn out.

Ehh. Probably clothes. I could swing that today.

$500 worth of leftover on-sale Halloween candy.

I have a van.

New camera lens.

Computer parts. I need a new hard drive (probably two new hard drives), a video card, and I want a new case.