1) That would go toward the purchase of a new Macintosh.

2) I'm with Bill--that or a nice zoom lens to chase the elusive Oregon birds.

3) Well, last time that happened to me, we bought two iphones. But if it happened again, we would probably spend it on the kitchen remodel.

4) Buy a kayak...or maybe I could actually give myself a paycheck.

5) I would take my teenagers shopping for clothes!

6) I would LOVE to have a new sofa, since mine is currently 14 years old, but alas, I would probably pay off the TV or our Lowe's card from our basement remodel.

7) ...put it towards my credit card/student loans. *sigh*

8) I would short oil stocks.

9) We just sold our house and we're moving within two weeks of having the baby. It would either go towards stuff for the new house or into my bank account to supplement my income while I'm off of work.

Oh hell, who am I kidding. It would be spent at Target in one day!

10) I would probably put it in the new gutters fund.

11) Buy my pregnant daughter some new clothes.

12) Put it in my daughter's college fund.

13) Invest in aapl.

14) I'm with Carrie, but I'm pretty sure my husband would veto that immediately.

I'm going to veto his investment though and say that it would go into our honeymoon fund.

15) I'd buy some REAL money with it - gold and silver. Adjusted for inflation, 100 years ago this survey question would have been "What would you do with $30 in spare cash?"

16) pay off my credit card

17) Home improvement projects or electronic toys that I don't need.

18) Buy a dog with it.

19) Pay off the Lowe's card..

20) Since we are in the midst of a major home improvement project, no doubt it would go on my Loew's bill

21) Buy chocolate.

22) I would buy my kids a dog.

23) On second thought I would buy a thousand hot dogs. Aahh. A wise investment.

24) That reminds me of when I was a kid and bubble-gum was 1 penny (showing my age!) and I took .50 once and bought 50 pieces of double-bubble (that big chunk!) bubble-gum. Talk about feeling decadent and affluent!! Right now I'd setting for a tank of gas to make me feel affluent--not sure about the decadent part there. Decadent would be a chocolate-tempering machine so no more fussing with the temperature of chocolate for dipping! :)

25) I'd probably use it for our summer trip to San Diego... I'm not sure we'll go with out it!

26) credit cards :(