Escapist, How Would You Spend £15k/$25k?

[Insideout Ink Demon]

As you probably will not know, I'm getting married next summer to my girlfriend of 2 and a half years.

We recently calculated how much money had been saved, how much we'd spent on deposits and how much we have left to save.
We wont be having a religious ceremony as she isn't particularly religious and I'm a deist.
The grand total will be £15,000 which i think is roughly $25,000 USD. I think for the sake of one day that is crazy; we live together, I have her name tattoo'd on my arm, there is no religious significance for us, we're planning on saving for a mortgage together, but this is what she wants.
We've discussed its only a formality to me as i want to spend my life with her wedding or no, and we've come to the comprimise to have this day. Therefore I cant moan about the cost anymore, doesnt mean i cant have a rant on here though

So my question to you Escapist is, what would you do with that cash?
For me its a mortgage deposit (boring I know)

EDIT, just went to AM EX currancy convertor on my phone. £15000 would get you $23130.4434
sorry for any offence caused by being over $1000 off

 

[Phlakes]

I have her name tattoo'd on my arm

Please don't do that... just... don't... [sub](that's a general statement)[/sub]

OT: Yeah, I'd probably save it for boring things. Apartments or houses or a car or whatever. Or food, I hear people need that.

 

[ydkwidrmw]

A wise man once told me to spend the money on your marriage not your wedding.

Unfortunately very few women will feel the same way.

 

[Schwenkdawg]

25 grand? brother i'd use it to pay my goddamn bills and keep looking for a job. i'd prolly also go out and party more often, and maybe buy a new xbox, cuz mine finally RRoD'd...the day I bought Skyrim. but, I dont have 25k, I have 141$

 

[Crazy]

Lots and lots of hookers and booze.

And probably a few body guards so those scum of the courts can't touch this.

 

[the spud]

I think you would be better off not spending it on your wedding, but on your honeymoon.

At least, that is what that creepy old man at the 7-11 told me.

 

[Kopikatsu]

I would...!

Put it in the bank. Insured up to $100,000.

Boring, I know. Never claimed to be an exciting person. But I am a very practical person. To the bank!

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

$25k? Really? For a wedding? I... huh.

I'm planning on getting married under the maxim of "spend your money on the marriage, not the wedding," but that's just me. And with my luck, I'll end up with a guy who wants some elaborate shenanigans.

OT: I'd probably put most of it in the bank. Possibly splurge on a few books/video games/a better TV.

 

[Ickorus]

Im going with the boring choice too.

At the moment I can only look for a job on the island I live on which is rather small and doesn't have much work for a trained IT technician so im having to look for pretty much anything and then when I do get a job it'll likely be something crap I won't like and im just going to have to deal with it whilst I save a bit of money up so I can look for work elsewhere and not have to worry about commute and not having money for rent.

If I had £15k however, i'd expand my job search right away and be able to take the job I want and not have to worry about rent.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Pay off some bills. Whatever left over I'd spend about half on something I want, like maybe a PC upgrade, and then save the last half. Or better yet, rather than upgrade my PC, build my girlfriend one, as she's still running a shitty XP machine with a dual core CPU and 1 gig of ram (no video) and can barely run most of the steam indie games, if at all.

 

[Slaanesh]

$400 to upgrade my pc
$1500 to repair my car
$1200 on Christmas gifts for my mom, step dad and sister
I want to say $300 on games(maybe less)
$300 for jewelry(pimpin)
$500 on clothes(i really need some nice ones)
$19000 to a savings account
$300 on workout supplements(not a lot, really)
$1000 to my checking account
And the last $500 to charity. Cause I don't know what else I could do.

 

[babinro]

I'd add it to my investments...another step closer to $500,000 and as such retirement. I don't need a lot of yearly money to be happy, but at this rate I'll be 70 years old before I hit that 500k goal.

 

[the rye]

Pay off all my loans.

 

[Plazmatic]

As you probably will not know, I'm getting married next summer to my girlfriend of 2 and a half years.

We recently calculated how much money had been saved, how much we'd spent on deposits and how much we have left to save.
We wont be having a religious ceremony as she isn't particularly religious and I'm a deist.
The grand total will be £15,000 which i think is roughly $25,000 USD. I think for the sake of one day that is crazy; we live together, I have her name tattoo'd on my arm, there is no religious significance for us, we're planning on saving for a mortgage together, but this is what she wants.
We've discussed its only a formality to me as i want to spend my life with her wedding or no, and we've come to the comprimise to have this day. Therefore I cant moan about the cost anymore, doesnt mean i cant have a rant on here though

So my question to you Escapist is, what would you do with that cash?
For me its a mortgage deposit (boring I know)

haha, OP your funny

£15,000 != $25,000 USD. That's a no no OP, lying even for the sake of nationalism is not allowed.

 

[Lunar Templar]

I would...!

Put it in the bank. Insured up to $100,000.

Boring, I know. Never claimed to be an exciting person. But I am a very practical person. To the bank!

this!!! T-T 25K would go a long way to fixing my current problems

 

[Darkmantle]

student loan, gone.

 

[BreakfastMan]

I would put 20,000 of that cash into savings, then dump the rest into checking. With the cash in checking, I would probably go hog-wild, spending it on whatever I please. Not being able to afford anything for a while can do that to a person...

 

[FilipJPhry]

Use it on your honeymoon! It'll be filled with blackjack! And hookers!

Seriously, I wouldn't consult the escapist forums for this, I'd rather take financial advice from an expert.