Ramsay from Moneyed Up contacted me about his $500 Giveaway* going on until December 1st to promote the new blog and asked if I’d review it on BFS.  I couldn’t come up with more than “hey, look, a big giveaway!”, so I turned it down at first, but he then asked what would I do if I won.

I’ll be honest, I do daydream about winning millions in the lottery (that I haven’t bought tickets for lately…hmmm…), but I never really put thought into smaller amounts that I actually have a shot for – like this giveaway or even the pots at the local Bingo hall.  What would I do with $500?

My first thought would be to do what we normally do with extra money – 50% to savings or the mortgage, 25% to the vacation account, and 12.5% to each of our fun money accounts.  Yes, that sounds good to me.  But, what if I had to come up with something else?

Here’s what I daydreamed about last Tuesday:

• I could visit a blogging friend or one of the blogger meet up groups that pop up in different states.  I could use the $500 for airfare and a rental car for a long weekend.
• I could buy 500 Mega Millions or Texas Lotto tickets and hope for the best.
• I could play 25 computers of Bingo.  That’s 1650 cards per game…I’d probably make some money off of that, lol.
• I could put it towards our annual vacation – $500 would cover 1/4 of our normal costs or we could really go wild when we want fruity drinks. 
• I could buy a second laptop for our house since one of our current two is dying a really slow death and annoying the crud out of me.  This idea sounded like the winner since the laptop situation is bugging me a little on a regular basis.

What would you do with $500?

*In the interest of full disclosure, the link above is a referral link.  That means I will get an additional entry into the $500 giveaway if you sign up for the giveaway using that link.  So click away – I want that laptop after all.