if it was the £2m end i'd probably stop where i am for a while, buy a new car (well, a camper van maybe), have a holiday, buy my parents a new car and a holiday and then invest the rest.
If it was a few mill more then i'd buy a new house and pay this one off, giving it to my sister, maybe buy somewhere in the florida keys as my parents like it out there, so my dad could retire and they can spend the winter away in the sun. Then for the fun stuff, i think i'd learn to fly, copters and planes and maybe buy myself an ex works touring car and enter the BTCC as a privateer......shit, i need to buy a ticket this weekend :mrgreen:
In one word...TRAVEL.........I just love travel. yea I would buy a better house and maybe a half decent motor....but I wouldn't be here for many days to see it..I would be away finding new places I haven't yet seen. would love to go to the Amazon rainforest for example....would love to get to see souith Africa...oh the list is endless if the money was !!
I would hit the world, do all those things you can get to old for, clime Everest, no to dam high, but I would take a walk around foot hills. Take in South America, may be the antarctic. I have not been there. Then just roam. At sometime I would find my way back to Britain, there are some people I would like to visit. I know W would give me time off, have spent 24 7 with me for a world trip or two, she will have gotten sick of me by then.
Then may be some treats for a favoured few, and a big munch some where grand.
For 2 million i would probably buy the home im in now do some renovations buy a car (oh and pass my test)
Get my son some extra tuition to help with him school work
Have a holiday or 2 (or maybe one big holiday)
2 million isnt really enough to set you up for life you couldnt have a higher style of living and live on it for very long without working to top it up
But if i won say 10 million + I would buy a few properties and rent them out so you still have a monthly income, buy myself some old house in near nowhere put some money towards a wind turbine and solar panels for my house for the price of fuel it can only be an investment buy a campervan/caravan for those touring holidays but if i won that much money i doubt i would live in the UK
If it was 2 million we’d stick it in a high interest savings account, and live easily off the £7000 per month interest, no point spending the money when the interest alone will cover a good lifestyle and mortgage repayments.
Winning anything over the 2 million, we would probably do the same.
id pay for some of the people to go on holiday who lost out when xl collapsed.
Oooh, the old "if I won the lottery" question...
Yes, I would buy a pair (or three!) of shoes. But mostly I would pay off my debt then do what Deviants said. Whack it in a high interest account and live off that.
I would stay at work. I've just changed careers so I would want to keep that going. Money in the bank would just give me options to have decent holidays and treat my family and friends. I'd also be able to donate more to the causes I support.
Eeeeh, if only!
id splash half a million on a year-long holiday/piss up/orgy of vice......
id stay in top hotels/villas, eat good food, go to fantastic clubs and drive round in the best cars.
i would put 5ook in an account for my daughters education and wedding.
i would leave the other million on deposit earning high interest....
after a year i might decide to take it easy or go away again for another year of fun.
There's only one thing money can't buy...
...poverty!