$5,000

Five grand. Let's see. I want to spend, say, $200 on bits of the best fabric because I have challenged myself to make a tallis that perfectly represents me. While at the fabric store, I will buy fabric to make the cool dress I drew this morning with the black fabric and funky green-aqua trim.

I will then devote $200 to finding the perfect throw pillows for my living room. I can imagine them, I just can't find them. (sigh)

$500 will go to buying up items to make a little inventory to open an ebay storefront. A little residual income never killed anyone.

Then, we're heading to Anthropologie, as per usual, for this mod dress for $150. Hmm.. this top, too, for $50. These cool red pants for $188. THen, let's hit a few others stores for this cool green skirt for $81 and this cute top for $71.

$500 gets the blue type writer tattoo and the Hebrew tattoo (as soon as I figure out where I want to put that one).

$2,000 buys me a month off to focus exclusively on finishing my second novel and whipping the third one together.

The rest goes to making my weekend at the New Orleans/Tennessee Williams Lit Fest really fun, relaxing, not-stressful, well-dressed and fun.