Big Dollar Dreams

The Mega Millions Lottery has been the topic of a lot of conversation this week. Fortunately for me, Utah doesn't participate and I didn't have to battle my own logic to decide if I was going to buy tickets...but it doesn't mean that I didn't spend a little of my time imagining what I might do with $462M.

Truth is, I don't know if I'm capable of spending that much money...so I'm sure that there would be a lot of things to consider regarding the bigger picture, but these are the things I would do immediately:

- I would pay off any debt that my parents or siblings might have (car or house payments, etc.)

- I would set up $1M trust funds for each niece and nephew

- I would plan an amazing series of deluxe family vacations (The World cruise, Disneyworld, Lake Powell with a houseboat for each family, an island or beach vacation, a ski week in Switzerland, a tour of Israel)

- I would indulge my vanity with hair extensions and spa treatments and beautiful clothes and fabulous shoes and every funky accessory I laid my eyes on

- I would attend culinary arts school

- I would buy a home perfect for entertaining and fill a room with musical instruments all for which I would immediately begin lessons

- I would buy my dad a golf course

- I would open a Nordstrom expense account for my mom

- I would do some things for some friends who never seem to catch the financial breaks they deserve

...and all of that might get me to $20M??? I guess I need to start dreaming a little bigger???