Britmums have teamed up with the National Lottery and are asking bloggers what they would do if they had £20,000 to spend in the #Spend20K challenge, which is the same amount as the new guaranteed prize in the National Lottery raffle draw. That's some raffle prize...the most I've ever won in a raffle before was a bottle of wine so £20K would be quite an improvement on that!
£20,000 would be a great lump sum to enjoy. Forget doing sensible things like buying a new car or paying a lump sum off of my mortgage, this cash would be for something just for us. Something fun.
Something I really want to do but could never justify doing financially, is to renew my vows with Ian. I want to celebrate our relationship, our love and our family. We are happier now than we have ever been and I'd simply adore standing up and declaring my love for the man I married 16 years ago. At the time of my wedding I still suffered with my mental health issues and although it was a wonderful day, it wasn't everything it could have been. I wasn't the best version of myself and I'd love to do it all again now with me being in such a better place.
Organising a second wedding without the pressure and expectations that came with the first, would be such fun. We don't like anything too fancy or frivolous. The guest list would be small and intimate, made up of all my favourite people. The venue would be somewhere beautiful, and definitely not the impersonal registrar's office where we first got wed. The menu would be a glorious vegetarian feast and my wedding cake would be something totally indulgent from Choccywoccydoodah or The English Cheesecake Company (or both...after all I have a 20K budget to play with)! At my first wedding I wore Doc Martens and a black lace skirt. This time I would go sophisticated and feminine in a proper, pretty dress and girl shoes! I'd buy outfits for my nearest and dearest and they would all look gorgeous. I'd hire a funky photographer to capture some quirky shots for the photo album.
I'd follow the wedding with a night or two at Alton Towers Hotel for all my family (which is where Ian and I had our actual honeymoon back in 1997) and we'd all ride The Smiler and go on Nemesis Sub Terra the next day. How very perfect...how very us!!
I'd better keep playing the Lotto so I can turn this dream into a reality.
This post is an entry for BritMums #Spend20K Challenge sponsored by The National Lottery, with more ways to win more money on the new Lotto game. Find out more about new Lotto, which starts in October, here – www.national-lottery.co.uk
