What’s the FIRST thing you would buy if you won the lottery

[GretelGreen]

Feel free to be as shallow as possible. Forbidden choices include: paying off your mortgage, going on holiday or charitable donations. You know, all the stuff we’d all actually do with a lottery win

Mine would be to buy a really bloody nice handbag (never had one).

(Then of course I’d move on to the boring but important stuff).

@feelinghelplesstoday

Isn't it odd how a house just feels as if it's supposed to be yours? You'd think we'd get this feeling about a house that's extraordinary in some way, or perhaps has some sort of 'meaning' or memory for us. But no, for me it's just this 3 bed/2 bath 'ranch' house in a nice (not naice) neighbourhood.

A takeaway! Then a house.

The house in my village that is my dream home, but at 8 million quid a tad out of my price range.
And a new central hearing system for the care home I manage. Ours is rubbish and doesn't work. It would be a nice parting gift for them when I left which I would do quite quickly I think!

Kalim8 sounds like a great day out, can i join you with my Clangers mug ?

A Tesla

I'm assuming we are talking about the kind of money that would mean you never need to work again? In that case I would pay off the credit card then write my resignation letter to my employer. Effective immediately.

@AcrossthePond55 mine is a quite rurally located 6 bedroom Victorian. Very traditional inside and gorgeous big garden with no overlooking neighbours. There are lots of "stunning" houses around here but none appeal to me. This house feels like a pair of comfortable slippers x

A house and then I'd pay off me debt.

Random but I’d love some decent expensive underwear, I’m single so just for me but I’d love matching well made sets. Then I’d go on holiday and make a list of what to do and any help I can offer.

@feelinghelplesstoday

Well, I'll make you a deal. If I win the US lottery I'll buy both houses and give 'yours' to you if you'll buy both houses and give 'mine' to me if you win the UK lottery.

I'd say that gives us a not so fair chance, no? LOL

@AcrossthePond55 deal!! 🤝

So you know the costume Alan Rickman wears in the HP films? I want something like that for myself, but with a skirt instead. I'd love to have it tailor made for me, in wool, with the appropriate underwear (thinking Victorian corset and petticoats and things,) and Victorian style boots And then I'd have some interesting Slytherin themed jewellery made. And that would be the outfit I'd wear to church every Sunday. Then I want to have all the clothes I dream off but can never find made for me. Black and white striped skirt, black silk skirt, red velvet corset, to name a few!

After that I'd buy a house (or a flat) and fill it with lovely things. One room for Pusheen, one for all my make up.

@feelinghelplesstoday

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I would book a huge fairytale chalet in Lapland and whisk our closest friends and their kids away for Christmas and re-enact the Last Christmas video. And I would arrange for DD to discover a Labradoodle puppy, with a red ribbon around its neck, under the tree on Christmas morning. She has desperately wanted a dog since she was a little girl but it just isn't practical with our current lifestyle.

When we got home I would buy the big Victorian house further down our street which has just been beautifully refurbished. Then I'd put an advert in The Lady for a housekeeper/cook so I'd never have to change a bed, peel a potato or empty a bin ever again.

The lovely house l had my eye on a while ago. The one that was over £1 million, with six reception rooms and an indoor swimming pool. And 0.6 of an acre of land. So l could have rescue animals and give a few people jobs looking after them.
That'd do me. Very nicely indeed.

I think the very first thing would be to book several rooms in an exclusive b&b near us to stay for a few nights. Lots of good food, wine and country walks to get our heads around things.

EVERYTHING on my kids Amazon and other wish lists.

I would then hire someone to empty our house and move us into a rental for several months, and get all the works done on our house that we want to do (build a downstairs bedroom and ensuite, a new hall and utility with wheelchair access, the largest loft conversion we could get, an amazing conservatory off our new kitchen, whole house taken back to brick, replastered, rewired and replumbed, and fully redecorated) and then get moved back into our house again so we get to enjoy it, whilst deciding where we will move to. Or not.

First thing I would buy would be sound, independent financial advice to work out what our annual sustainable income would be if we invested securely and wisely.

Hopefully it would be enough to give up work, treat ourselves to some luxuries - holiday, car, home improvements, whilst them providing a stable income for life.

Depending on that income, I'd then look to provide as much security for my children as possible to ensure they always had a safety net if life threw challenges their way, perhaps with a limited access trust fund etc.

For me, it's all about security and peace of mind, rather than immediate indulgence.

A couple of weeks in Florida with the children without worrying about the cost would be nice though to mark the occasion!

I would hire a personal chef, fitness trainer, cleaner and masseuse!

Hire a lawyer and sue everyone who’s ever posses me off and bring private prosecutions to all the violent men.

I drive past an Aston Martin showroom on my way home from the office. I'd stop in on my way back from handing in my notice and buy a DB9 in gun metal grey with cream interior.

Obviously I've not thought about this at all......

A house overlooking the sea in West Wales.

A flat in London that comes with its own parking space.

Diptique candles.

More guinea pigs

I'd buy as many cruise holidays as possible. If it was a multi million, I'd just spend my entire year(s) just cruising around the world, changing from one ship to another every few weeks for a change of scenery. What a life - no responsibilities, no house to look after, no meals to cook - bliss!

My neighbor's house, field and the dis-used church, oh and the pub over the road. I'd evict my neighbor's immediately. Their field would be split between all the houses it backs onto for larger gardens
The church I'd pop a new roof on (lead was stolen last week) and I'd turn it into a pub then the actual pub I'd convert to a garden center. Not sure what I'd do with the neighbors empty house, as long as they aren't in it I'd be happy!!

Fund an animal shelter indefinitely. And probably then bring all the cats home (joking only because my own dcat would hate me for life but the animal shelter part I've dreamed of for as long as I can remember!)