What would you do with an unexpected gift of £1,000?

claire16c

I'd save it if I literally had no savings what so ever.

However, as you were talking about Venice the other day & how you want to go back, I'd spend £350 on a long weekend there & put the rest in savings.

barbiedoll

We had a gift of the same amount when my brother sold his house. We were living in a one-bedroomed flat with a really grotty bathroom where the tiles had fallen off the wall and the sink didn't match the bath. We got a really cheap white suite and our lovely plumber put it in for a song. We put up tiling-on-a-roll, had a spend-up in Ikea buying a lovely shower curtain and some accessories and I finally had the bathroom I wanted, all clean and shiny and new. (And for less than £700)

We then found out that the flat had doubled in value so we put it on the market and sold it within 2 days, we had 6 people offering more than the asking price. We sold it for £5000 more than we expected and the guy who bought it said that his mum told him to get it as "the kitchen and bathroom were immaculate." He later married a friend of mine and she told me that when they sold the flat, their buyers said the same thing about the kitchen and bathroom!

Our £1000 ended up moving us from a small flat to a two-bedroomed house with a garden, where we still live. The best present ever! :D

(The rest of the money went towards a budget two-week holiday in Greece!)

bylromarha

MIL gave OH a £2k gift on her wedding day in 2010, telling OH to spend it how he liked but not on bills.

We only had 1 wage, no debts but had just come through a tight time financially. OH spent £1.5k buying a camera, lenses and flash, £200 on a Wii and used the rest to treat us through the year.

MIL was shocked that he'd spent so much of it on himself...seemed annoyed that I didn't share her anger! I was happy OH had something which he got lots of use from...and still does today. Apparently he should have spent more of it on his family. OP, how does your OH want to spend it? If he's a gadget boy, will it get him something he's wanted for ages but could never justify the cost of?

suki1001

When I got £1000 windfall, we bought a lovely bed. Pure luxury! Having woken up every morning for the previous 5 years feeling like I'd been beaten up and at great risk of being skewered by a bed spring, it was lovely to buy something outright and well worth the good night's sleep. That was a few years ago and I still love my bed! Thank you Great Auntie Elsie, if you're looking down from above.

TimBear

What a lovely surprise! I would have a small treat - meal out or night away perhaps - and save the rest, if I was in your position.

Dunroamin

I'd spend it on an extra holiday but that probably explains why I never have any money.

MrsE_2

skintchick wrote: »

What would you do with it? Save it? Use it for a holiday? Pay off the credit card even though it's on 0 per cent? Something else?
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Give it to my DD to her "wedding fund":)

tesuhoha

Well I had a windfall of a couple of thousand late last year. I left it in the bank because we are renovating our house and its a money pit.

bestpud

We are in a similar position at the moment and my first choice is a holiday - somewhere hot! I need sunshine so bad it hurts - all the rain and dull weather is dragging me down.

Sadly, my husband doesn't agree so home improvements are the next choice - those little things we will probably never get round to otherwise.

CH27

fluffnutter wrote: »

I think I'd buy lifetime family membership of the National Trust.

Fab idea