As a Brit, I have wasted spent time dreaming about how I would spend the money if I won the lottery. Seeing that I don’t even do the lottery, this isn’t likely to happen any time soon! A billion US dollars is unimaginable but let’s have a go in the spirit of Bloganuary…
This would be an obscenely huge amount of money so I would donate as much as possible, as soon as possible, to some of the charities I already support. Perhaps I would set up at least one charity of my own.
Obviously, I would want to look after family and friends but next it would be time to have some fun!
I love wandering along the South Bank of the Thames, in London, so I would invest in a wonderful apartment overlooking the river. What a fantastic location for restaurants, museums, theatres, and shops!
Living beside the sea has long been a dream of mine so I would buy a property, in the Brighton area, with sea views or even with its own private beach.
I love to travel and I would buy a ticket to India so that I could find out more about my family tree. Closer to home, I have yet to visit Scandinavia so that would definitely be on my travel list. I could venture even further north, stay in an ice hotel, and go sledding with huskies. The world really would be my oyster!
Perhaps I would buy a houseboat or a barge and travel at a slower pace.
With money no object, I could get another dog or breed dogs or open a rescue centre…
Luckily, I am already very happy with what I have but anyone can dream!
Fancying France 
What a tough question. I think I’d keep a couple million for myself and hire my kids to figure out where to donate the rest.
This morning I was looking at an essay by Diderot, called “REGRETS SUR MA VIEILLE ROBE DE CHAMBRE” where he laments a change in fortune that has allowed him to buy a new housecoat and replace several furnishings. He misses all of his old and worn out possessions and curses the new ones.
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It was a tougher question than I appreciated, at first! Interesting to read Diderot’s thoughts on his change of fortune. I think I can empathise with his feelings, up to a point! Thanks for dropping by.
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Oh no – not another of those decent, unselfish, people! You’d get on well with the present Mrs B. Now me, cad that I am, would prioritise paying off all personal debts, buying a little place in Scotland handy for the Memsahib’s children and another one in Sussex or Hampshire for me. We would spend part of the year in each. Then, I’d want to make sure respective offspring were OK and that we would be comfortable beyond old age. This would include an allowance for some really good holidays and some spare change for upgrading the kitchen and bathroom. I would also pay an expert to sort out the things I want to change on the A Bit About Britain website. At that point, I might trade in the Trabant and the Morris Minor for something more modern and reliable. Only then would I think about giving anything away to charities. 🙂
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🤣🤣🤣 Mike, your comment made me smile on a grey, grim and grizzly day. Unless you were deadly serious of course and I’ve read it all wrong. Mrs B. sounds like a wonderful woman to me. You, on the other hand, had exactly the same response as Mr FF for which he was severely chastised.
Thanks for taking the time to comment 😊
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That’s pretty cool! I would start a school for sure. I would love to be able to sponsor this big of a project because I am a teacher and it’s hard for me to imagine myself doing anything else. I also would want to go out traveling, but it’s a risky business because pretty soon you might find out how many haters you actually have around. And yes, of course, I would want to buy a house in Kyiv, Ukraine or maybe two houses, one for me and one for my mother and sister. Or maybe three since my brother might also need one. Anyway, I want to be able to do all these things in the near future…
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Starting a school would be an excellent way of spending the money – I’m a teacher, too! I’m sure your family members would appreciate the gift of a house. Thanks for reading my post and for commenting!
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Rather like you I’d set up a charity dedicated to education and climate change. And give most of it away to other charities, But I too think I’d spend it on travel, after supporting family of course. And shhh, as I have to whisper this so my husband can’t hear (!) but I might move to somewhere else (in Lewes, of course) with a garden plus a gardener of course.
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I think both the charities you would set up would be very worthy of the money. I promise I won’t breathe a word of your potential moving plans to your husband! Thanks for commenting.
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I love these ideas! Funny, I just finished the book The Lost Apothecary which takes place in London and mentions the Thames and also Brighton.
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Thanks! I’m not familiar with that book. I’ll take a look. I think I would probably enjoy the read.
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