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).

Laser eye surgery and some new trainers.

Buy myself a diamond Breitling watch.
Buy a ticket for my dear friend so she can go on holiday in her home country.
Buy a car (we don’t have one now).

I’d hire a personal trainer and a chef and a driver/limo

I'd hit the apple store to buy dcs an iPhone, MacBook and iPad each.
I'd visit a department store beauty counter to but shit loads of lotions, potions and make up. Possibly a handbag and purse too while I'm there.

Shallow? Everything KitchenAid. I don't need it, I bake fantastic cakes in appliances that cost a fraction of the price, but KitchenAid looks gorgeous.

Less shallow? A chunk of every Brazilian biome to create a wildlife refuge. Arm researchers/guards and give them leave to shoot anyone who dares cut a tree/polute/poach.

I'd buy my rented house and do it up. My bedroom is huge, so I'd have an en suite that's all mine. Spare room would have a shelved wall of doc martens. Super deluxe coffee machine. Probably another cat.

A Supercar. Not sure which one. But definitely would get one.

I'd be straight off for a really posh spa day. The rest of it can wait but I'd need some headspace (and several massages) to work out WTF to do next.

I'd buy myself a whole new wardrobe as I'm stuck in a rut with the clothes I have then f off to somewhere hot for a month or 3

I'd have a boob reduction!

Cartier tank watch for me.
The most expensive single malt Whisky I can find for dp.
House with a field, woods and lake for the dogs.

I’d have the luxury suite/penthouse at our local manor hotel and hide until I’ve made up mind what I’m going to do with the money.

I’ve not planned or thought about this at all 🤔

I’d remove ds from the pressure cooker that is school, hire a couple of top teachers and travel around the world together. I’d have a nice apartment in NY and a home somewhere warm and serene in Europe (but my international agent will advise).

Already planned that if we won we'd book a Centerparcs treehouse as soon as one is available and on the way would buy bags of lovely clothes from Seasalt, Joules etc for the stay. When down there we'd tell our closest family and then start looking for a beautiful cottage in the country online.

Not that I've thought about it much 😁

I'd also be buying 6 of everything from Emma Bridgewater 😍

I would buy a massage chair

Chunks of cheapish land to turn into meadows, woodland and wildlife sanctuaries.

And a chef because cooking is a PITA!

Shoes, a couple of pairs of expensive watertight comfy shoes- after kitting the kids out there is just nothing left for me at the bottom of the wage packet- currently wearing some canvas baseball shoes that were cheap but get very wet. And some bras- I have to keep sewing and adjusting mine. If anyone saw my underwear they would be forgiven for thinking we had mice nesting in my drawers!!

A mews house in central London, with a parking space. And an Audi to park in it.

I'm really not sure.

The relief would be immense, I could help my family so much.

I'd probably buy a lovely dinner at a nice restaurant first.

Then think about a new car.

A divorce
Trolley dash round the Trafford centre buying full price stuff
Have Nike make me some Vaporfly trainers so I can run a sub 2 marathon (might also require some investment in bionic legs)
Book myself into my friends salon for the day and have all the treatments
Hire staff

And I know it's against the rules but lots fabulous holidays.

I would keep working, just so that I can have my 'well, stick your job where the sun don't shine moment in my next appraisal.

Ooooh

I would go order all the beautiful furniture from Made and Swoon that I can’t afford. I’d hire a garden designer (followed shortly after by a gardener) and have the most beautiful lush garden with mature plants. I’d get our delapidated barn pulled down and a beautiful oak one instead. I’d get a cleaner. A new Pfaff sewing machine. Ooh also an extension so that the kitchen can be re-done. A table saw and a plank planer and then all the beautiful wood I want.

I hope I won a lot of money.

I like your center parcs plan, Sawyer. Good place to hide away for a week and let the new reality settle on the brain!

Sadly, the euromillions ticket DH came home with on Friday had precisely zero matches 😭

A one way plane ticket out of the USA

A finca in Ibiza with a swimming pool