Thursday Thirteen: If I Were a Rich Man

I was having a conversation with my sister the other day when we were in St. Louis, and we were talking about sending people flowers. I said that if I had a bunch of money, I would send flowers to people all the time. It makes people so happy, right? What a way to brighten someone's day. This week for the Thursday Thirteen, I decided to write about 13 things I would do if I were a millionaire. Or really, a thousand-aire. I don't need a million bucks. I'd be happy with 100,000 really. In any case, here's my list.

Thirteen Random Acts I'd Practice Regularly if I Were Rich

1. Give good waiters REALLY big tips.
2. Buy restaurant and store gift cards and carry them around so I could give them out to homeless/street people.
3. Send lots of flowers to my friends and family.
4. Have dinners delivered to my friends/family from their favorite restaurants once in a while.
5. Pay for random people's gas fill-ups at the gas station.
6. Randomly pay for strangers meals at restaurants or for the groceries/items of the person behind me in stores.
7. Pay for my friends and family to have check-ups and go to the dentist.
8. Pay for several people who can't afford to go to BlogHer to make that trip.
9. Go to the movie theater and hand out movie gift cards to people who happen to be around.
10. Buy hot/cold drinks (season applicable) to people who are at booths/tables outside (ie Salvation Army collectors, people selling Girl Scout Cookies, vendors at the farmers market, police/construction workers).
11. Go to Target and hand out $20 gift cards to kids and teens and tell them to get a toy/dvd/cd for themselves.
12. Pay for friends to have their oil changed, brakes checked etc. so they can be safe.
13. Go downtown and fill people's parking meters.
    

Obviously these are just random things to make people happy, brighten their day, or help them out when they need it. I'd also love to be able to give more money to local charities and causes I believe in.

What would you do?

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