And a Diet Coke, please.
Posted 04-12-2007 at 07:10 AM by mycoupons
Thursday's are reserved for your questions. I will answer anything within reason, and it does NOT have to be about coupons or money. Just keep in mind, I think I know everything, when in reality, well, yeah, I know everything.
Today's question comes from Danielle H. of MD. Danielle asked:
Cici,
I have a question for you that came up at a party last weekend. Everyone answered, and I thought 'Cici would LOVE this question!' So, here it is. "If you won $10,000 and had to spend it in ONE trip, at ONE store, on ONE thing, what would you buy?"
Of course I love this question! I will explain to my readers that Danielle sent me this question TWO weeks ago. I have had to do some serious thinking since then.
This a HUGE decision to make. I do not work well under pressure.
I started thinking of all the possibilities, and then got worried. What if I changed my mind? Could I return my purchase and get a gift card? Would the purchase qualify for Extra Care Bucks? If the item qualified for a mail-in-rebate, would I be entitled to it?
Does the $10,000 include tax- or do I have to pay that out of my pocket? In my county, sales tax is 7%- that's $700. So technically, my purchase power is down to $9,300.
What to do. What to do.
My first, knew jerk reaction was simple. Jimmy Choo. But even Jimmy doesn't make a shoe carrying a 10K price tag. And if he does, he certainly doesn't list it on his website.
I thought of Target next. But I do not think Target sells a SINGLE item above $500. That falls about $8700 short of what I need to spend.
Oh the pressure!
I could easily wipe out Bed, Bath and Beyond with ten large bills, but I can only buy ONE thing!
I could go to Cartier or Tiffany's and buy a diamond necklace- but that's not my thing.
I could buy my husband a seventy-two inch liquid plasma surround sound television- but I'm too selfish.
I could buy my kid's the mother of all playground sets- complete with built in roller coaster- but, I don't have a big enough backyard.
After two weeks of sleepless nights, tossing and turning, and dreaming of dollar bills laughing at me, I came to the conclusion.
I will go to a Godiva store. I will ask their head chocolate maker to build a life sized replica of my house out of chocolate. It will be milk chocolate, not that dark crap.
I will have them build it around me, sitting in the middle on a chair.
Once complete, I will eat my way out of the house.
I figure this will kill a few birds with one $10,000 check.
I will never want to eat another bite of chocolate for the rest of my life, I will have spent the money on something I truly love, and I will be able to say I ate myself out of house and home.
I really love chocolate.
And pizza, I love pizza too!
Great question, thanks, Danielle!
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
Today's question comes from Danielle H. of MD. Danielle asked:
Cici,
I have a question for you that came up at a party last weekend. Everyone answered, and I thought 'Cici would LOVE this question!' So, here it is. "If you won $10,000 and had to spend it in ONE trip, at ONE store, on ONE thing, what would you buy?"
Of course I love this question! I will explain to my readers that Danielle sent me this question TWO weeks ago. I have had to do some serious thinking since then.
This a HUGE decision to make. I do not work well under pressure.
I started thinking of all the possibilities, and then got worried. What if I changed my mind? Could I return my purchase and get a gift card? Would the purchase qualify for Extra Care Bucks? If the item qualified for a mail-in-rebate, would I be entitled to it?
Does the $10,000 include tax- or do I have to pay that out of my pocket? In my county, sales tax is 7%- that's $700. So technically, my purchase power is down to $9,300.
What to do. What to do.
My first, knew jerk reaction was simple. Jimmy Choo. But even Jimmy doesn't make a shoe carrying a 10K price tag. And if he does, he certainly doesn't list it on his website.
I thought of Target next. But I do not think Target sells a SINGLE item above $500. That falls about $8700 short of what I need to spend.
Oh the pressure!
I could easily wipe out Bed, Bath and Beyond with ten large bills, but I can only buy ONE thing!
I could go to Cartier or Tiffany's and buy a diamond necklace- but that's not my thing.
I could buy my husband a seventy-two inch liquid plasma surround sound television- but I'm too selfish.
I could buy my kid's the mother of all playground sets- complete with built in roller coaster- but, I don't have a big enough backyard.
After two weeks of sleepless nights, tossing and turning, and dreaming of dollar bills laughing at me, I came to the conclusion.
I will go to a Godiva store. I will ask their head chocolate maker to build a life sized replica of my house out of chocolate. It will be milk chocolate, not that dark crap.
I will have them build it around me, sitting in the middle on a chair.
Once complete, I will eat my way out of the house.
I figure this will kill a few birds with one $10,000 check.
I will never want to eat another bite of chocolate for the rest of my life, I will have spent the money on something I truly love, and I will be able to say I ate myself out of house and home.
I really love chocolate.
And pizza, I love pizza too!
Great question, thanks, Danielle!
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
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