You have just won one million dollars:

Hee. This is one of my favourite daydreams. But the more I realize how expensive life can be the more of a windfall I daydream about. Something like 10 million would do me nicely. But the question isn't 10 million -- it's one and I should get to answering.

1. Who do you call first?

My fiancé, Mike.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?

A car. I have this daydream of walking into a dealership and picking out the one I want and then paying for it the same as I would any purchase. I love that idea. None of the worries about loans and approval and interest rates.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?

Gah... hmmm. I've always thought that I would pay off things like my Sister's student loans, my Mom's mortgage. I know that I'd buy something for either Mike or Miss Sara first but I can't imagine what at the moment.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?

I won't give out cash to anything or anyone that isn't family. Even with family I'd be more likely to pay off things than to give them cash outright. Cash is just too easy to fritter away, I believe, where paying off a bill frees up cash each month. So I think I wouldn't give any away in the form of monetary value.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how?

I'd like to think I'd invest half of a windfall like that. I'd first put some in a basic savings account and then put the rest into the stock market.