you have a £5 million lottery win, now how Old Style are you?

MATH

LOL @ Nelski:rotfl: Lets be honest, doing things the Ol'Style way takes time, planning, and effort. I only do it cos I can't afford or begrudge spending extra money to do it the throw cash at it easy way.As a family our finances have never looked better (since joining MSE) and already I can feel my Ol'Style ways slipping away to a certain extent. I would be sad to loose them completely tho and one thing I wouldn't give up is my dishcloth cos I hate jcloths. It would probably be a gold threaded, monogrammed dishcloth but it would still be Ol'Style;)

bethscott1970

If I won I know exactly what I'd spend the money on:

1 buy the house we live in now (it's on a farm in the middle of nowhere)
2 tarmac the track leading to the house as the bumps are driving me nuts
3 build an extension to house a senses room for my sons (soft walls, fibre optic lights etc)
4 buy hubby a new HGV lorry with the fifth wheel removed (as a diabetic he can't drive them anymore if they can pull a trailer)
5 fly down to visit my family more than once a year
to be honest thats all I can think of, I've got everything I really need (well the stuff that money can buy anyway)

foreverskint

If i Won I think I would stay cooped up in my two bed council bungalow with 6 of us in it, only spend the bare minimum on value food, buy all my clothes from charity shops and ebay, and only 1 old banger. .........NOT.


I would do all the things I have always wanted to do and for once in my life enjoy the postman walking up the path without worring what nasty bills he's got for me today!:eek:

I would love to be able to buy organic free range without considering the cost, go to the dentist, and drive a car that isn't threatening to break down and give me heart failure at the garage bills. Just fairly normal things really but not when your foreverskint.

Mind you like math the idea of lying in bed with a duvet of £20.00 notes eating choccies sounds great. Quick get me the address of Charbonnel et Walker;)

Caz2_2

I would want to give everyone on here a bit of it but then i would be dead as hubby would kill me. We have had this talk loads of times and its the only time we really disagree. He would give to all our kids and thats it, no more for anyone! There are certain people on this and one other forum on mse that i have remembered and would give some to but he would go balistic. We would have to half it I would take a long time to decide how to share it out, he would keep it all, then I would help him spend his half! I wouldn't change anything I feel as though I have won the lottery already, very grateful for what I have, very grateful, I feel secure emotionally and have a lovely, miserly hubby and 4 great kids/adults,a safe house that people really seem to take to, a veg plot, a big cook pot and wooden spoon what more could I want for myself.

summerday

Great thread!

I can see what you're saying MATH, and I suppose if I actually won only then would I know for sure what I would do. But although I started being frugal and old style initially to start paying off debts and save a house deposit as quickly as possible, I have found that I have started really enjoying a frugal way of life. I get a sense of satisfaction out of planning cheap but nutritious meals for my family, and I can't imagine ever wanting to draw lots of attention to myself with a really flash car/ clothes etc- even if I liked the item I would feel embarassed by the attention. It sounds strange but since I have been getting into frugal living I have found myself becoming less and less interested in commercialism and 'things' that can be bought with money, although when I was at uni and building up an overdraft I used to be really silly and love wasting my money on trivial things, now I can't imagine being like that even if I had the money. I'm probably just getting too tight!

Please don't take it the wrong way, I think there's nothing wrong with people spending their money exactly as they wish, but I genuinely can't imagine changing most of my old style ways.

Sarah

jazzyjustlaw

Well I would not be oldstyle. But I would give £1 million away to charities.
I would then buy a restaurant so that I didnt have to cook.
I would then have a weekend at a health spa.
I would buy some property.
I would work voluntarily helping people.

I would then try to make some more money that could then be used to help people after I died in the form of legacies.

When I die I would want to leave a bench at Sandbanks Beach saying Justine sat here and she loved this place.

Queenie

MATH wrote:

OH PUUURLEEESE. I don't know if you lot are for real or not

I would not retian my Ol'Style ways for deffo. I'd stop cooking and employ a chef. Stop cleaning and employ a domestic army. Get in a nanny and see the kidz for an hour on Sunday afternoons:eek: and spend all day lying in bed scoffing choccies wrapped in £20 notes. - so there and no I don't wish for world peace or want to work with fluffy animals when I win the beauty pagent either;)

:eek: :rotfl: :T

Yeah, RIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTTT!!!! :rolleyes:

Behave yourself, man!!! That's the biggest load of bulls wotsits!

You have not chosen to be MATH w/out having weighed up the advantages/disadvantages. Nor are you out for world peace/fluffy anno's! You LURVE being a MATH! Ok, you slip of the wagon sometimes, (who doesn't!?) but, we know you for the MAN that you truly are .. so stop the pretentious C-Rap

Personally - no friends/family will get a stuff! If they had no respect for me w/out money, no amount of money would alter that (Ok, there are three people on here I *would* give an anonymous donation to - but, never because they needed it, merely because they have *earned* it - ask my ole man, I'm not an easily pleased person ) But nor would I spend it on self indulgent C-RAP!

If MSE has taught me anything (oops, plus me old ma, of course! Rest her soul) it's this ... being financially *deprived* is the stuff of nightmare's, (or at least, sleepless nights!) being financiallly *safe* doesn't mean squandering; it simply means, playing "the money game" ... wisely!!! Not being a money flippant fool; not being a slave to commercialism!!

If "winning" a substantial bonus made me lose sight of the worthwhile (and sometimes, humbling!) lessons of money culture ... I could only view those "winnings" as DETRIMENTAL!
It would make any transient alterations of frugality very shallow indeed!!

My personally (and strongly held belief ) is, all joking side .. OS truly is a lifestyle! So what if I could SPLURGE ... money does NOT buy you health .. nor longevity .. nor does it bring a promise of happiness!

I'll swap my £5Mil any day to have the life of my dbro back ANY day! And blow pobs to any choccy!

Mado

Does anyone knows how much it would cost to hire Mary Poppins?
Just realised that's who I need to help at home so I could do half of all the ideas listed above.

If only I ever bought a lottery ticket that is

Kimberley

I would stick to the slow cooking and money saving at the supermarket. The only thing i would stop is going in charity shops for second hand clothes. :rolleyes: .

Ticklemouse

Well, I would love a big old house with a swimming pool, gym etc but in reality, I'd buy the house at the other end of our road - 5 bed detached edwardian number, only because where we live is great for the kids, and for us if I'm being honest. I'd get new cars - dual fuel which is what I'd like anyway. I'd employ a cleaner and a gardener so that I only had to do anything I wanted, not that needed doing.

I love my slow cooker so would keep that but I would buy a decent breadmaker and an ice-cream maker - can't justify one at the mo, but if I was minted, what the hell.

I do have family I would see all right, as well as some good friends, but I'd give it all up if I could cure my dad's cancer (we can't) and get rid of my mum's disabilities. Even a few years of pain free good health for them would mean more than all the money in the world to me.