Bonus Time!!

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What would you do with an extra, out-of-the-blue, totally unexpected $500 RIGHT NOW?? Congrats, the world is turned upside down and you just really mucked something up at work. In the true AIG style that is sweeping the nation, instead of getting canned, your employers give you a $500 bonus! What are you going to do with it?

I Would Find These Shoes

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And buy them.

I wish I could say I would save it for those hard days (um, the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th of each month), or put in towards that bridesmaid’s dress I still haven’t purchased for the upcoming May wedding . . . even donate it to those who are having a rougher time of it than I . . .

But I would just buy these boots and love the heck out of them.

I would by a 3-month membership at the killer Pilates studio in my town

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And I’d be left with 20 bucks for a new pair or yoga pants from Old Navy.

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Buy this Calvin Klein Pink Party Dress

I want it so badly!!!!!!! And it’s only (ha, “only”) $129, which leaves me plenty of bonus to spend on shoes, food and flowers for my housewarming-party-in-the-making that WILL happen eventually.

added by aliciak 03/23/2009

King-Size Pillows

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So we finally got a new bed!! Whoo-hoo! I can’t believe we made it almost a year sharing a double – why did we wait so long!?

So we got a great mattress and frame for $200 from friends . . . but . . .

Who knew you also needed king-size pillows for a king-size bed? turns out upgrading is expensive . . .

 

Drop $250 on a First Edition of Under the Volcano

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Quite possibly my favorite book and one of the most depressing and tragic I ever read, it’s a booze-filled day of insanity in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, which happens to be my birthday. It hurt my heart, but I loved it.

added by aliciak 03/23/2009

Pay Off Grad School Loans

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I’d put it toward my grad school loans. Wait. Who am I kidding??? No, I would not. That’s SO boring.

added by Susie 03/30/2009

I Would Go on a BCBG Shopping Spree

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And this is the first dress I would buy. Only $178. STEAL!!

added by Susie 03/30/2009

I Would Get This Dress Too

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And still have money left for shoes!

added by Susie 03/30/2009
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