How would you spend an £8k windfall??

[Ilikeyoursleeves]

Hypothetically speaking if you came into £8k unexpectedly (and say you didn't need to pay off any debts) what would your fantasy spends be?

A nice holiday. maybe USA or South Africa.

2 week holiday somewhere hot in a fancy pants villa

New front door
Shutters
New bed
Patio & lovely garden furniture
New kitchen flooring
Upgrade bathroom

I could spend it x5 in a flash!

I would invest it!

Holiday to somewhere I could not afford to go otherwise. A few weeks in Australia and New Zealand maybe.

Over pay mortgage or add to pension

Spend a few hundred on treats - theatre/concert tickets, good quality shoes, maybe IT, and save the rest.

I'm incredibly lucky to have a functional wheelchair for day to day that I used savings for, I just daydream over the ones that would give me access to the great outdoors!
Good to share the info though

I'd get a decent laptop (£2k) and an ok second hand car (£6k).
Both would increase my earning potential, certainly if I didn't have to work in walking distance!

My mum is hard hearing, her hearing aids costs a small fortune but luckily she is able to save for the part which isn't covered by her insurance.

She sees them as a necessity, her life is so much better with her in-ear computer as she calls them.

It's a shame that vital aids are so expensive and not being able to afford them restrict the life of their user.

Tummy tuck.

New driveway, dullsville but ours is shit

With no mortgage and no debt and sufficient savings, I would probably want to put in my pension, but DH would probably grumble and it would go into the holiday budget for something extra amazing or for a new kitchen or some “fun”

Pay off mortgage or put in savings.
Though I would be tempted to spend a chunk on dental implants for my missing front teeth.
Oh,and a wee treat of shoes or boots from Embassy London.

Help my children and trust funds for grandchildren’s education.

A PhD

Holiday
Intensive driving course/money towards a car
I would probably buy something completely frivolous and unnecessary but that would bring me joy; for me it would be a handbag or jewellery

Premium bonds or pensions (sorry, boring).

If l had to spend it, definitely amazing holiday or two. In reality l would probaley just chuck it in savings, my future pension is shit and l will need every penny l can get in 10 years

Pension.

And a new handbag.

If I am to be sensible, I would overpay my mortgage.

If I can treat myself, I would invest in some lovely jewellery or get some cosmetic work done on my neck area.

A new wheelchair

I'd buy a campervan, or a micro camper.

If I didn't have enough I'd rent one for the summer

Fun choice - holiday to Argentina.

Boring choice - new windows.

Well sensible me would put it into the kitchen refurb fund but it would likely to be travel...my greatest joy