No, I'm not serenading you all (any Barenaked Ladies fans out there?), just FINALLY getting around to responding to Danielle's presentation of 1 million dollars. It's the age-old "what would you do with a million dollars" question, but tossed into a link-spreading, meme of sorts. I wasn't going to join in, but Danielle's too sweet to turn down, plus she mentioned she'd use the money to "learn how to use a crossbow." I find that extremely cool and also a bit frightening. So in the effort to stay on her good side, here's what I'd do with $1 million... and per her request, I WILL somehow tie in a coupon...

So, if I somehow found myself with a million dollars (assuming it's 100% tax free), here's how I'd spend it:

Sorry to be a bore, but I'd put half of it immediately into some sort of investments (funds, stocks, etc), purely to save for my sons' college. I'd use some of it to buy a bigger, better, nicer house somewhere. And in that house I would make sure I had my own personal game room. It'd include full-size Pac-Man and Donkey Kong arcade machines, a few large HDTVs each connected to either an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii and a PS3. I'd also get a ton of sushi pillows and bean bag chairs to sit on. And I'd probably splurge on a fun family vacation too, maybe Hawaii. The kids would love the beaches and crazy pools at the resorts. Yeah, that sounds pretty sweet.

And as promised, to help save a little money on those expenditures, I'd use the following coupons:

For the arcade machines, I'd buy them at Brookstone with one of the following promo codes:
$50 off online orders over $500 at Brookstone.com
Use promotion code AF2AUG. Valid through: September 15, 2007

$10 off online orders over $100 at Brookstone.com
Use promotion code AFAUG. Valid through: August 30, 2007

Not valid in retail stores. Minimum purchase does not include tax, shipping and gift wrapping. Coupon cannot be used toward the purchase of Sony, Bose or Tempur-Pedic products, gift cards, or with any other offers or discounts. Not valid on prior sales or repurchase of returned merchandise.

For the HDTV, why, I'd just use one of these brand-spankin' new Circuit City coupons:

10% off online orders over $199 at CircuitCity.com
Use the above link to activate the coupon. You'll see the price reduction during checkout.
Valid through: August 31, 2007
Not valid on previous purchases. Offer excludes computers, laptops, Velodyne, Bose, select Polk, Apple, hard drives, select MP3 players, and Circuit City Gift Card purchases. Delivery fees, shipping charges and sales tax not included in total purchase calculation. Valid online only.calculation. Valid online only. Not valid at Circuit City stores. Not combinable with select Circuit City offers.

OR

$100 off select HDTVs at CircuitCity.com
Use coupon code 99AJF3CAAC.
Valid through: August 25, 2007


And as for the trip to Hawaii...

$25-$75 off Last Minute Deals at Travelocity
$25 off a Last Minute Deals package of $500-$699
$50 off a Last Minute Deals package of $700-$899
$75 off a Last Minute Deals package of $900 or more
Use this link and promo code SPONTANEOUS75.
Valid through: August 31, 2007 at 11:59pm ET
Promo code is valid only on Travelocity Last Minute Deals. Cannot be combined with any other offers or used to purchase gift certificates.

Hope Danielle approves of what I'd do with my money and coupons. Here's the full list so far of other bloggers and how they'd spend the bucks. Some pretty creative stuff, mixed with the charitable types...

1. SYH will spend for Family
2. Miche will give to the needy
3. Montessorimum will keepsake
4. Lovely Mummy will spend & save
5. MummyInVain will fully utilise
6. Babyfiona will buy house and open business
7. MonkeyWong will go for a long vacation
8. Emila Yusof will realise her dream
9. Mariuca will open a Perfume Gallery
10.Janice Ng will upgrade house and go for long vacation
11.Hin will blog to donate for charity
12.Bobo will invest in property and let her parents go on a holiday.
13. Brad will spend all of his money on foolish gadgets
14. Danielle will buy a cottage in the woods and never look back
15. Andrew will build the ultimate game room and have fun in the Hawaiian sun

Now I'll pass the torch on (cause that's how these things work apparently). So I'm giving a million bucks apiece to the following bloggers:
Jo (I know I've already hit her up with another meme and she's way behind... but she could do with a million bucks, so I'll just prepare for her rant against me...)
Lara (cause she's too damn talented for someone so young)
Lis (cause her artistic style deserves some recognition!)
Deborah (because she really has some awesome frugal-themed tips!)

Don't know if any of you 4 are up for this or not but if you are, just copy the list above and add your name and what you'd do with the dough... then pass this sucker on.