Disclosure: Kodak and JuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post about what I’d do with a surprise extra $100 if someone handed it to me next month. I’d like to throw the shackles of money mismanagement off and say that I wouldn’t pay the overdue bills from last month. Or hit Starbucks a ridiculous amount of times. Or stock up on my medication, while I had the funds in hand. Or be so unrealistic as to say I’d donate it all to Haiti. But $100 isn’t that much… If it was like, $1,000 or $10,000, that’d be a different ballgame, fo sho.
If I had $100 and I wasn’t my usual self, I’d use it to start the redecorating project in Zoë’s room.
First, I’d scope out Craigslist for weeks, until I found the Ikea Expedit shelves that I want for half price – it’s happened before, I’ve just never bucked up and dropped the funds. After throwing my best friend’s husband $10 in gas money to pick them up for me, I’d drop the remaining $40 as follows:
- I’d hit up the local grocery store for a load of huge cardboard boxes.
- Using the box cutter and abundance of blades that I already have on hand – it pays to have an Ex in trades – I’d cut the boxes down so that they were the same size as the Ikea Lekman boxes that typically get used for closed storage with the Expedit.
- Using white glue, I’d cover the boxes with wallpaper or wrapping paper ($5) that coordinates with fabric ($15) and ribbon ($5) I’d have also bought with my c-note, then use I’d use the ribbon to both trim the boxes and create item tags.
- After placing the bookshelf horizontally, I’d measure the surface area and cut some foam ($15) to match, then sew a cover for it out of fabric that matches the boxes’ covers.
Et Voila: A place for Zoë to store toys, books and a seating area for 100 bones.
Apparently, when I daydream, I’m crafty.
