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You get £1 million but can only buy things you wanted/liked growing up , what do you buy?

137 replies

Memebeingme · 10/04/2023 22:49

Caravan

OP posts:
FranksOcean · 10/04/2023 22:50

Mr Frosty

Theimpossiblegirl · 10/04/2023 22:53

A camper van.
A nice house.
Books.

Fireyflies · 10/04/2023 22:55

A house with an enormous garden you could get lost in

Boohooyouho · 10/04/2023 22:55

Ponies. Lots of ponies

PuttingDownRoots · 10/04/2023 22:55

A horse

Rolypolyfishheads · 10/04/2023 22:56

A VW beetle (old style)

Impatientwino · 10/04/2023 22:57

Mr Frosty
Dolls hairdressing head
A bodysuit from Topshop (made one out of a leotard myself in the end!)
Levi 501s
A Vauxhall Nova

LangClegsInSpace · 10/04/2023 22:57

The best treehouse ever and the woods in which I would build it.

AgrathaChristie · 10/04/2023 22:57

My very own dogs home. Isolated house, huge garden and all the waifs and strays I can collect.

Frighteningprospect · 10/04/2023 22:59

Mr Frosty
Hubba Bubba
impulse
lip gloss
lights alive
disposable cameras
bath pearls

NotCopingWell1 · 10/04/2023 22:59

Boohooyouho · 10/04/2023 22:55

Ponies. Lots of ponies

This

TokyoSushi · 10/04/2023 22:59

VW Golf, circa around 1998
A Chanel lipstick
Kickers shoes

ChirpyChirpyCheepCheepBeep · 10/04/2023 23:00

Encyclopaedia Britannica (children’s version)

one of those toy machines where you put 2p in and get a mini dairy milk

ChirpyChirpyCheepCheepBeep · 10/04/2023 23:00

Body shop black cherry lip balm

SparkleSpangle · 10/04/2023 23:01

Pogs

TomeTome · 10/04/2023 23:01

A yacht
a red shiny convertible
platform shoes with rainbow wedge heels and ribbons that crisscrossed up to your knees

gohomeroger1 · 10/04/2023 23:02

Pink smart car
Sims
Felt tips that changed colour (magic)

Wisterical · 10/04/2023 23:02

A train. The old type with individual compartments like in Brief Encounter.

UpTheAnte · 10/04/2023 23:03

An Atari, an a la carte kitchen, a lifetime supply of Body Shop White Musk and a Benetton bag.

brainstories568 · 10/04/2023 23:04

Real Barbies and Sylvanian families, not the own brand ones that my mum got from Woolies as they just clearly weren't as good.

And a tamigotchi as I was never allowed one. And a caravan as my neighbours had one which I always imagined going in.

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 10/04/2023 23:07

A boat
lots of paints and walls to paint on
Italian lessons

never got the first, got the second, too old for the third

SockGoddess · 10/04/2023 23:09

Chopper bike
Treehouse (with my million it will be super fancy)
Loads of art materials
Ooh yes Kickers like a PP said - red ones
A huge swiss army knife with all the tools

IsaiditwasLighthearted · 10/04/2023 23:11

A palomino horse with a mane like liquid gold

Fancy velvet knickerbockers and a Lady Di pussy bow blouse

John Taylor from Duran Duran

mnahmnah · 10/04/2023 23:14

Mr Frosty
A red skirt suit and briefcase
Country house with climbing roses on the outside (obvs affordable)
Old convertible beetle

wejammin · 10/04/2023 23:14

Proper roller skates, not ones with plastic wheels that went over your shoes.
A big TV
A swimming pool
A private library with a ladder on wheels for the top shelf
A window seat with lots of cushions