how would you spend your first $500?

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<p>is this a question?
shop. duh. :P</p>

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<p>Chiptole .</p>

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<p>I'd take my $500 and give it to a mercenary to steal the $500 all you guys have before you can spend it. I win.</p>

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$500 is so small it's of almost no importance. I'd probably go to a "dance" club or something with some friends and have a blast.

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<p>Of no importance? Hardly. I wouldn't spend it in one day like that.</p>

<p>I'd probably just put it in the bank and forget about it for 50 years.</p>

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<p>Figure if someone is making 35K post tax - they could spend $500 on a whim and have no ill regrets.</p>

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<p>35k post tax is nothing--i highly doubt someone in that income bracket is "spending $500 on a whim"</p>

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<p>Are you kidding? What does it take to you to live? I figure I could probably live on 15K post tax. Rent+utilities, insurance, cell, gasoline, internet, food. Ummm, that means 20K/year disposable income. Literally, that equates to not saving a paycheck. Easily done.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm going to have to say "no" to that Payne. It's simply not plausible.</p>

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<p>So many unexpected expenses. Get married? Tack on some more money. Have kids? Diapers, bottles, etc. cost a lot. Then, when they get older, they'll want you to buy them all sorts of stuff.</p>

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<p>
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OP's Question:
How would you spend your first $500?

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<p>So saving isn't even an option here. Plus, it makes the thread more fun if you actually hypothetically spend it.</p>

<p>So here I go:
$200 - IKEA
$5 - Pinkberry
$295 - J. Crew</p>

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So many unexpected expenses. Get married? Tack on some more money. Have kids? Diapers, bottles, etc. cost a lot. Then, when they get older, they'll want you to buy them all sorts of stuff.

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Isn't this thread about your "first" $500 dollars? Seems like that would be the absolute low point in your expenses.</p>