636 million dollars...

seannasmommy16 · December 2013

What would you do if you won the 636 million dollar lottery???

KendraL86 · December 2013

Pay a lot of taxes.

kseccomb17 · December 2013

I'd pay off all of our bills, give each of the kids a hefty college fund, buy a second home in Arizona, and donate some to a good charity. I'm a big fan of the Wounded Warrior Project.

klscas · December 2013

Buy a house in Florida. Put aside enough for my kids to be set for life, then id open a rehab and become an addiction counselor

Kiahsimpson · December 2013

Pay off everything that needs to be paid off (car, furniture, any debt...) then buy a new house. Help our families out, but my parents a new home. Then we don't know. That's all we've discussed.

avidkeo · December 2013

Pay off debt, invest the rest. Oh and have a big holiday in the state! Come visit all my bump buddies!

blahswife · December 2013

Pay off our debt along with our parents and my brothers. Buy mom a house. Buy us a house. College fund for my kids including step children. Go on a huge family vacation to an island.
ETA: also donate a large some to wounded warriors.

LittleLady77 · December 2013

Come on ladies... we can do better than bills and houses. I would Buy a classic old Ferrari, a new V10 spyder Audi R8, a beautiful black horse (probably a Morgan), buy a house on a lake with a boat, travel, pay off everything, buy a new house, go wild shopping, set family up with help then hire someone to manage my finances.

Linnea503 · December 2013

Buy a bigger house, set up trusts for my kids, help family, become a philanthropist, join some boards, and start painting again in a glorious light filled studio.

ETA: And get a couple new cars.

pineconey · December 2013

mostly this

BiggerinRealLife · December 2013

DH and I have talked about this. 636 mil is too much for me to think about, but if we won 12 mil and put it in the bank and got even 1% interest on it, we could quit our jobs and live off the interest in a manner similar to what we're used to and volunteer. I'd probably still teach, because it's what I love. But I'd definitely quit my job and get my masters before going back. DH would play video games all day. Oh, and we'd give at least 10% away off the top.

Twiggymommy · December 2013

Move back to NY, although I'd probably have to drag dh kicking and screaming since he's never left the state of Georgia

Buy a house, outright.

Buy some kind of apartment building /complex

donate to neda and to write love on her arm

go back to school

set up some kind of trust fund for the kids

pay off my grandmother's house

uhmmmm yeah... I'd what else. Invest in stocks? Idk

Bluebird2318 · December 2013

I have no idea what would be left after taxes, but what I would do with any X ridiculous sum of money...

Pay off all our debt, and the debt of our close family or dear friends.

Stick enough in the bank that we would be able to pay our bills and living expenses through interest.

Set up trusts for the kids.

Buy a nice home outright.

Buy a new vehicle for DH outright. I suppose if we had that much money I could buy a new one for myself as well, but I would be content with using the vehicle that DH currently uses. Mine is a hunk of garbage that we'd get rid of if we could afford to replace it.

Finish a degree in something that I actually valued.

Donate, donate, donate. I'd love to have a good chunk of money to put toward the medical care of premature babies or NICU babies in general. Whether that meant donating to a certain organization or to individual hospitals/NICUs I have no idea.

Aaand, much like @BiggerinRealLife's DH, my DH would probably play video games all day.

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As for what else I would personally do? God, I don't even know. It's difficult for me to think in terms of luxuries anymore.

snmetz7 · December 2013

Pay off my debt and debt of close family members.

Put a lot into savings/trusts/etc

But two new cars

Quit my job at least until baby #2 was in school

Renovate closet and kitchen. Buy furniture for the rest of the house.

Build my epic garden that I have planned in my head

Hire a maid, pool tech, and lawn guy

And buy a new wardrobe.

Tferr02 · December 2013

Pay off our debt, donate 10%, invest it and live off interest. My dh would want a new car and I want to be able to travel the world. And I would hire a maid and a nanny. I'd still be a SAHM but an extra pair of hands all the time would be really nice.

ksulli · December 2013

Buy back the house next door on the cape & renovate both of them.
Pay off all the family's mortgages, school loans, etc. and buy a compound near the beach in the Carolinas.
Hire a travel agent to plan absurd annual trips.
New cars all around.
Hire DD's amazing care provider to be exclusively ours and pay her absurdly well, with benefits & time off since she has grand kids of her own.

Sarahjess06 · December 2013

Pay off our debt.
Build a house on hunting land.
Travel
Plan our wedding
Put a chunk away for our boys

pbandjmom · December 2013

Pay off our family's debt.

Buy homes in Alaska, New York City, a Lakehouse, and Aruba.

Send my husband on the world's most awesome hunting trip.

Travel around the world for a year.

Buy a new wardrobe.

Hire a personal chef and trainer.

Setup hefty college/trust funds for my kid(s) and nieces/nephews

Donate to lots of charities.

nikki912 · December 2013

Responsible stuff first. (Paying debt, college fund etc.)

Buy a Lakehouse with a nice boat, in view of a mountain range

Buy a nice apartment in NYC

Buy a house on the beach somewhere tropical

Go back to school for as long as i like, collecting degrees like kids collect rocks

Travel pretty much all the time, so i guess i need a plane too

Oh and i guess also give to people

abbeylanecb · December 2013

Buy a new house

Pay off cars

Trust funds (I would still require my kids to work/go to college)

Make my children's boutique kick ass

Donate

TRAVEL

NicoleAnne416 · December 2013

Pay debts, buy new cars and a nice but modest house (I don't want a maid and I don't want to clean a mansion), buy a condo at the beach where my friend and I go every year (except this one, baby is due that time!), trust fund for my kids, pay off my bff's debts and buy her a house while I'm at it. Travel.

Sisimama10 · December 2013

-Quit my job.
-Buy a house.
-College funds for kids.
-Travel.
-Have a third baby.
-Buy SO and myself new cars.
-Help out my grandparents so my gpa can retire finally.
-Fun stuff.

manda10884 · December 2013

Pay off our debt and all of our families debt.
Give each family member a million each.
Buy a new, nice, forever home.
Buy a new vehicle.
Donate to several charities.
Travel.
Be as generous as I could be to whoever I came in contact with.
Save the rest!

sking72 · December 2013

Of course I would do all the things like pay off debt, money to my family, buy a house but the fun stuff:
start a little farm, couple cows, horses, pigs, chickens. Pay my SO to have a second child haha. I'd bribe him with motorcycles and cool cars. Buy some land and ATVs and make some bad ass trails. Eat lots of fancy chocolate cakes. Go on a couple cruises with my whole family. Gosh that would be nice...

bootsiebabe · December 2013

Pay off everything for ourselves, parents and siblings. Build our dream house. Take all our friends on an all expenses paid vacation (like charter a yacht or something). Invest, set up trusts, hire an excellent financial advisor. Give to charity. Make friends with Britney Spears.

baileymama3 · December 2013

KendraColeslaw said:

I would donate 50% immediately, invest 20%, leaving me with about $100,000,000 (assuming the taxes take about half off the top of your winnings) and play with the rest, doing pretty much everything else mentioned here. Cars, houses, vacations, paid college for life (for me AND my kids), no working for me, lots and lots of pets. I'd start a charity foundation and I'd make sure *most* of my family was taken care of as well.

this!!! 10% seems so little when you think of the full amount- I would FEEL SO GUILTY if I did anything less than half.-- that amount of money scares me though!! I just cant comprehend!

Kyllarae · December 2013

-I don't have the debt issue but my mom does like crazy so I'd help her out with that.
-Redo her kitchen and give her house porch lights
-Buy a truck
-Fix the giant scratch I put on my moms car when I first got my license lol whoops
-Get an apartment big enough for me and baby
-Pay off all these doctor bills
-I'd probably start college once the baby is old enough for preschool

Other than that and saving a large amount I'm not really sure.

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