Via Donna, long list. Apparently if you have more than 40, you?re spoiled. I got to 27, so I’m more spoiled than Donna.
DO YOU HAVE:
(1) your own cell phone
() a television in your bedroom
(2) an iPod (well, a creative zen jukebox, but that was my choice)
(3) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(4) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
(5) a childfree bathroom (d’uh)
( ) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
( ) a queen-size bed or larger
(6) a stocked bar
(7) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
( ) a working washer and dryer (just the washer, don’t particularly need a dryer)
(8) more than 20 pairs of shoes (not that I’ve actually counted lately, but it’s probable)
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
(9) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
(10) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
(11) your own set of golf clubs (of the cheap variety, and the husband and I share a set – well, when I say share… we haven’t actually used them yet)
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(12) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
(13) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
(14) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin (acess to, rather than own, but I think it probably counts here)
( ) wealthy family members (those darn relatives?)
( ) two or more family cars
( ) a walk-in closet or pantry
( ) a yard
(15) a hammock (it’s at the cabin, and has never been used)
( ) a personal trainer
( ) good credit
( ) expensive jewelry
( ) designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
( ) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not any more)
( ) a stock portfolio
(16) passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you:
(17) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics)
( ) at least once a week
(18) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores (uhm, sort of, we do buy “regular grocery” at high-end stores, but only if we can’t get the same thing somewhere else – we don’t buy overpriced milk at high-end stores, but we do pay extra at a speciality shop in order to get good quality meat, for example)
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
(18) go on weekend mini-vacations (it has been known to happen)
( ) send dinners back with (almost) every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne
( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don?t need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
(19) regularly pay someone else to drive you/take taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don?t get your way
( ) been on a cruise
(20) traveled out of the country
(21) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
(22) been to Europe (d’uh, but I’ve also been to North America)
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
(23) moved more than three times because you wanted to
(24) dined with local political figures (though in large company)
(25) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
(26) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(27) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
The husband has pointed out that technically I’ve got a neighborhood committee membership and that we probably have more than 100 dvds (at least if you count both “ours”, “mine” and “his”). Which brings us to 29. Still less than my age, and my shoe size ;)