The oldest thing I own

The oldest thing of my own that I own is a tshirt I got on vacation in the 6th grade. My mom and I went to Florida to visit my uncle who was living in Jacksonville - I don't remember much about the trip except that his apartment was sooo cool, and that we went to a movie theater that had little round tables where you could get real food, not just popcorn. One afternoon we went out to Neptune Beach to visit some old friends of my Mom's, and we went to the Sun Dog Diner - I have no recollection of actually eating there, but I did get a cool tshirt that I still wear somewhat regularly.

I have clothes that belonged to my mom in college, and my grandma when she was younger and didn't have four children and wore stylish dresses. Two Christmases ago I brought home a chocolate brown dress that fit me like a glove - little buttons from the waist to the plunging neckline, with cream-colored cuffs and a wide collar with pearl-like beads and chocolate brown embroidery. I think of my grandmother - the one I know and the one I didn't - whenever I wear it.

I've got $10,000 and an hour

Spend it, eh? I'm going to pretend for a moment that I don't have a mortgage that needs to be paid off (as that's an unrelated matter), and operate on the basis of needs, followed by wants. I'm also going to pretend that I don't owe my parents money.

Tuition bill for grad school: $824
Plane tickets for me and SB to see Karin: $340
Polarizing filter for SB: $50
Pimped out MacBook Pro: $3048
Money to my brother to pimp out my house pre-listing: approx $2,000
Comfortable couch (origin TBD): up to $1,000
Dining room table and chairs: up to $1000
A really sweet wedding present for Sarah and Greg: up to $750
A kittem: $100 for adoption fees and accessories
Health insurance for the summer: $98
New swimsuit: $50
A pile of swank presents and clothes for me and SB: up to $500
Dinner at KoFusion or Bacaro with a full compliment of wine and dessert for me and SB (or Carl, if SB wouldn't ditch class); $240
Total: $10,000