$1,000,000

If I had a $1,000,000 we wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a $1,000,000 we'd take a limosine 'cause it costs more
If I had a $1,000,000 we wouldn't have to eat kraft dinner
~~BARENAKED LADIES~~

I was listening to one of my favorite cd's today at work (you probably can figure it out from the above quote) and that song got me thinking: What would I do with a million dollars?

There are always things that I want but many things that I really need right now. I really liked that Coach purse I saw at Marshal Fields, but I definately don't need it. A new car would be nice, but not necessary. The Saturn is to be kickin' just fine. Paying off my student loans seem like it would a good idea.

Would a million dollars be enough to see me through my old age? For some reason, I'm not so sure. With life expectancy increasing, and basically no hope of collecting any of that social security that I've been paying into, would that be enough? (Thanks George W. for spending that surplus in social security that we had when you initially arrived in Washington...but that's another story) What if I'm sickly in my old age? what if housing and gase and all the other expenses keep going up at the pace they have been. Will this be enough?

Being the practical person that I am, I would have to pay off bad debt (the kind you can't write off on your taxes) and invest the rest in something very, very safe. Guess I'll have keep eating my Kraft dinner too.