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Today’s prompt: 10 Things You Would Buy If You Found a Pot o’ Gold.
Well, that’s all fine and dandy, but how much gold does said pot hold?
According to Mystic Investigations “a Leprechaun’s pot o’ gold generally contains 1,000 one-ounce pure gold coins.”
And as of Monday’s market close, how much is it worth?
According to the US Gold Bureau an ounce of gold is worth $1,155.
1,000 X $1,155.00 = $1,155,000.00
Now, that is a number I can get my head around 🙂
So, without further ado:
- The 6-bedroom house with a pool That Man and I have our eyes on, even though it would take magic for it to fit in the budget.
- Braces for ALL FOUR wee beasties, sigh, they have my tooth alignment.
- It’s not a purchase, per se, but I’d stick what I could into That Man and my retirement accounts, and a fair amount into the wee beasties’ college plans. I know that number looks huge but I’ve seen what windfalls can do to the unprepared.
- Dream cars for That Man and me, and maybe even oldest beastie (assuming he EVER gets around to taking his learner’s permit test). Of course, my dream car from this post is no longer available, but I’m sure something will catch my eye.
- A vacation, or two, off the bucket list. Starting with a honeymoon.
- Stick some into my tummy tuck fund. Four wee beasties + weight loss = flab NO amount of exercise will do away with. TMI? Sorry.
- New computers, all around.
- I’m sure we’d need furniture and appliances for that new 6-bedroom house.
- I’m sure we could all use new clothes and shoes.
- And finally, because I’m scraping bottom here, upgrade the cell phones.
So, if you bypassed the three wishes you’d get for returning the pot o’ gold, what would you buy with that $1.15 million?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Wow, that is a lot of money. So I’d most likely do most of what you have on your list, except since it’s just me and Chipmunk, I think a nice rambling ranch style 3 bedroom would do fine for us.
I grew up in 3-bedroom ranch homes and I have soft spot for the style, not to mention lots of fond memories 🙂
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, my friend, and may you and Chipmunk stay punch free!
If I had that much money I might be tempted to buy another house. Smaller home but more acreage.
Barring that I’d settle for our current acreage to be completely fenced. We priced it once and it would run us 40k easy.
The rest would be spent on trips and some sizable donations to a couple of local animal shelters,
The prompt said buy which is the only reason I didn’t mention charities. I have quite a few I donate to regularly and would love to send a windfall their way.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, my friend 🙂