I’d buy a new dress.

(After I payed off a few bills, of course.) But the first thing I’d go out and buy for myself as a I gift would simply be… a new dress.

The question was posed to me last night by my Sista Sista who out of the blue asked: If I had a big bonus check, or I won a piece of the lottery, got my book deal signed, anything that sent a large sum of money my way……what would be the first thing I would buy for myself?

Some would go for a certain piece of jewelry (i.e. Jess bought herself a fabulous Tiffany’s ring with her first big bonus), others a work of art or a fantastic pair of Manolos, but first thing that comes to my mind anytime I have loose change is to go buy a new dress.  A new dress has always seemed to be my personal reward, no matter what the circumstances.  Finals over? Head to the square to see Theresa and find a new dress.  Somehow managed to cross everything off my to-do list or square away that huge property package?  I hit Tanger Outlets on my lunch break.  So to me it only makes sense to stick to my rewards system and go from there.

So how about you, what would be the first realistic thing you would purchase if a lump sum, a Big Check, happened to make it your way?

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Honestly, if my Big Check were big enough, I might break down and spoil myself with an Hermes Birkin.

*but only if it matched my new dress, of course.

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{photo credit: dress 1, dress 2, dress 3, Hermes Birkin Bag}