What fun thing would you buy with your bonus?

[cheezer]

Because I'm insanely bored at work and bonus time is coming up in a month or so...

What would you spend your bonus on?  Only fun things.  (gift) I will be putting a bunch of it towards savings/in the market already but would like to take some and put it towards a treat since I worked my butt off this year.

We had talked about trying to get a reservation for French Laundry but now it's closed for remodeling for a while. 

[irene adler]

Spa day!!!

[megstoo]

I would have to get a bonus to spend a bonus. :^)

[niq]

The Nikon d610 with a 28-300mm lens



A half day or longer trip to the spa for both msniq & me.

[hopenotlost]

I would find a fancy B&B and stay there for a weekend with DH. Hire a babysitter for the girls or take them to my mom's house.

Oooh! Or go to the hotel and casino, play bingo (totally fun watching people there), get his/hers massages, and then stay in the fanciest room we could get.

[Susie]

Mine tend to be vacations, toys for my hobbies (including 3 bikes in the last couple years and a treadmill), and furniture/home improvements.

[v]

Mine was paid out in July and I got a Mulberry Bayswater bag and deposits/flights to the Galapagos. Husband's bonus was paid out today and balance of Galapagos trip will be paid with it.

[Deleted]

I'd get these magnetic maps I've been lusting over for months.

[raangoli]

Probably travel. But I never actually do that and it just gets funneled to savings of some sort.

[mbcdefg]

If I got a nice bonus, I'd want to take a European trip (maybe Belgium, or London) and get nice hotels instead of cheap ones. Or get diamond earrings, or go to a nice restaurant, or re-carpet the dining room.

With a REALLY big bonus I'd love to ditch my car and get a new one. It doesn't have to be fancy ... just something where all the features work properly.

[Deleted]

I did the same thing as you but decided to skim a bit off the top for a new clutch (and maybe some new booties?)

DH's bonus, which is paid out over the summer, typically funds our travel budget the following year.

And we usually end up putting some aside for home renovations as well. Some years that's more fun than others (spa shower vs. new windows, KWIM?)

[doobeedoo]

Jewelry-big ol' Judge Judy size diamond studs

[cheezer]

Dec 15, 2014 16:35:25 GMT -5 doobeedoo said:

Jewelry-big ol' Judge Judy size diamond studs

I could only wish the bonus was big enough for these.  I've been wanting them for years.

[doobeedoo]

Sorry, I thought we were just dreaming here.

What I *actually* do with a bonus when/if I get one is use it for college savings and travel. But those diamonds sure are shiny.

[melmo1122]

I am spending part of mine on sperm for my IUI in January

[emilyinchile]

Go somewhere else instead of FL! Assuming that you're in the general SF area if you were thinking Napa, State Bird Provisions + pair of fancy shoes should be about the same cost, right?

[Deleted]

I'm buying a fence with mine! Fun indeed

[spunkarella]

Mouse flats! Or a vacation.

[madringal]

I get my bonus in February. Most of it will be savings/debt repayment, but DH and I will use part of it for a long weekend in Vegas. We are 35 and have never been!

[ddi741]

Oooh, new furniture, new floors, a new comforter set, remodel the master bathroom, new clothes.

Apparently I need my bonus to be a bazillion dollars.

[stretchad]

We just put down a deposit for playoff tickets in the event the Seahawks make the playoffs and play at home. WOOT!

Then we paid for car maintenance and saved the rest. Womp womp.

[WinterWine]

I usually save most of mine and then use part for a weekend away or towards our next big trip.

[Deleted]

Dec 15, 2014 16:07:06 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Probably travel. But I never actually do that and it just gets funneled to savings of some sort.

This is me! Bonuses have been fat the last 5 years and I do boring things with them like invest.

I should do things like spend on vacations, I wish we traveled more but will need to wait a few years to do big trips in favor of a few other priorities. (This all sounds so lame....)

[spanikopita]

Dec 15, 2014 15:55:28 GMT -5 v said:

Mine was paid out in July and I got a Mulberry Bayswater bag and deposits/flights to the Galapagos. Husband's bonus was paid out today and balance of Galapagos trip will be paid with it.

I'll take what she's having...

But seriously, travel.

[idahome]

I've never received a bonus. We get a holiday gift that I use to take us out every year to a sports bar so we can snack and watch games. Living the high life here!

If I ever work at a place where I get a proper bonus I would: put it toward paying off our fence, new sewer line, or garage door and opener. Even more exciting, I tell ya.

[orangeblossom]

All the crafty things. I have a Silhouette Cameo that I use for all sorts of stuff, but I really haven't used it to it's full capability, because I've been MM and not bought a lot of supplies. Right now, the mos consistent thing I make, are invitations and such, and the occasional t-shirt.

Oh, and I'd buy a craft desk and all of the organizational stuff associated with it to make a craft room.

[tine]

A really expensive steak dinner

[treedimensional]

I really want a microscope.

[lishie]

I'm hoping to get my performance award (about $1,000) and use it to buy us plane tickets to Florida for May.

[treedimensional]

Dec 16, 2014 9:00:06 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Dec 16, 2014 8:41:48 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

I really want a microscope.

You can't say stuff like this without explaining. #bossoftheboard

What? That's not a fun, self-indulgent gift? I'm a nerd.

I suppose I could come up with something else, like Botox.