It may not be the most sound financial planning, but I'm looking to fund the bulk majority of what I hope will be a very lavish retirement account, with my Mega Millions winnings. I am reasonable, however, I do not invest anything more into my lottery dreams than what I can afford to lose and I never bother even buying tickets until it is worth winning. Worth winning to me means the payout must be greater than $100 million. I mean honestly, what would anyone do with a piddly $15 or $20 million? When Mega Millions, or any of the number of other high-paying lotteries sits at their minimum, I invest my retirement funds into scratch-off lottery tickets to combine investing with a little exercise.
My husband has a 401K plan from his employer...how utterly and completely boring can you get? Every three months, he gets a large envelope in the mail filled with numbers and percentages and other really boring stuff, all accompanied by brochures featuring gray-haired people walking Golden Retrievers down tree-lined country roads. I can fall asleep just thinking about what a boring retirement those people have! Where's the excitement? Where's the fun? Where's the ping pong balls that potentially hold the difference between a comfortable retirement and one spent traveling the world on my own private jet and bathing in Armand de Brignac Midas champagne.
Okay, I will admit it, I am far too frugal to bathe in $200,000 a bottle champagne and could live with a rental jet, but after winning I would be more than happy to help out the world's economy with some serious shopping!
