If I won a million dollars, I would be shocked. Because I don’t play the lottery. Casinos? I’m there all day long. I mean, not actually. I’m just expressing general approval, I’m not seriously going to the casino every day and spending all day there.<\/p>\n
I would if I could.<\/p>\n
So, aside from the obvious, “I would blow it all at the casino,” what would I do if I won a million dollars? Nothing that would probably excite you. I mean, one you pay the taxes on a million dollars, you’re really only walking away with like $600,000, depending on what state you’re in. I’m not poo-pooing that kind of money, I’m just saying, a million is not what it used to be.<\/p>\n
So, keeping that in mind, here are the five things I would buy if I won a million dollars, after taxes and after I tucked some away into my money market account and i bonds:<\/p>\n
1. A 2014 Mazda 3 5-door.<\/b>\u00a0In “titanium flash.” I really want this car. I could probably afford this car right now, but I would feel too guilty buying it right now, because we’ve got a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer I’m hoping to get to 300,000 miles on. Also, I don’t drive, so it would be indulgent to have two cars for one driver, as befitting my new status as gross-but-not-net millionaire.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0I would pay my rent for a whole year.<\/strong> This is just practical. It gives me somewhere to live while:<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0I would buy a fixer-upper outright and work on fixing it up while living in the rent-paid-off-for-the-year house.<\/strong>\u00a0That gives us time to do things right and get everything just the way we like it, in a home we’ll have no mortgage on at the end.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0A food dehydrator.<\/strong> I know these aren’t that expensive, but I’ve never gotten the nerve to buy one. It just seems extravagant to me.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Probably more cosplay stuff.<\/strong> The one area of my life where I’m not horribly cheap and awful is cosplay. I’d love to splurge on some really good custom props or costume pieces, or just a bunch of wigs and wig-building material so I can play around.<\/p>\n Now that I’ve written this all out, I realize how painfully boring a person I must be in real life. So, pretend you never read any of this, and go read all the interesting answers other people gave, instead:<\/p>\n Jessica Jarman<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Bronwyn Green<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Kris Norris\u00a0<\/a>\u2022 Leigh Jones\u00a0<\/a>\u2022\u00a0Gwendolyn Cease<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I won a million dollars, I would be shocked. Because I don’t play the lottery. Casinos? I’m there all day long. I mean, not…<\/p>\n