Thursday DE: if I had a million dollars I'd buy you a house

[needsmoreresearch]

The third play in the set that my guy William comes from is pretty much James III saying "Everyone in Europe is having a Renaissance and I want one too," and his wife saying "That's lovely dear but we can't afford a Renaissance."

So today's DE is: What would your characters splash out a fortune on, if only they had a fortune to splash around? For the fabulously wealthy characters, what's a big expenditure that they feel genuinely satisfied with?

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[onceholyknight]

This actually happens to Michael at the end of Skin Game - due to a set of complicated and spoilerish circumstances, he and his wife come into a not-so-small fortune in precious stones. Michael wants to turn it down, but Charity firmly points out they have seven or eight children to support through to college graduation and they are not turning it down.

So even when they're ridiculously rich, they're practical about it.