What will you treat yourself to?

[Clou12]

I am not treating myself to anything but a pat on the back. I am going to have to move from S.Korea to America, get an apartment, pay for moving expenses and I might have to buy a car, depending on the school. Plus I have to buy a laptop, because I have to give my work MacBook back when I leave my job. The list of expenses...I can't afford a treat which sucks since I might be living in poverty for the next 5-6 years in a PhD program :-(

[Chrysanthemum]

If I get accepted anywhere, I am going to treat myself to a wild night of drinking and bar hopping with possible blackout and/or beautiful strangers.

[Grunty DaGnome]

If I DO get in somewhere, it means I'll be quitting my job and I won't be able to afford to get myself anything.

If I don't get in anywhere, I'm going to Europe.

[NaturallyAesthetic]

In an ideal world, I would have enough money to get myself a nice bike as an acceptance present (I currently cruise on a defunct 10 speed built for adolescent girls) OR adopt a puppy!

In reality, I will probably just spend a day in my favorite museum, smiling a lot.

Edited January 19, 2012 by NaturallyAesthetic

[Sarahmarie]

I think I will upgrade to the iPhone now that Sprint carries it...I have coveted one since they came out. And maybe an iPad too...go Apple or go home!

[surefire]

If I don't get in, I'll buy several bottles of Johnny Walker ...I don't know. I have a mental block about this. I can't think of anything I could possibly want more than to get into a good program and start researching. Let me get back to you.

Gellert! I feel obliged to inform you that a little gremlin of self-doubt seems to have taken up residence on your back. I think that he has been writing on your behalf of late...

I always read your posts and think that you sound very clever and self-possessed; you'd make a great addition to a grad program!

Let yourself have a little bit of whimsy and daydreams, don't let the little gremlin live there rent-free!

[EIIIP55]

if i get in, my boyfriend promises me a bottle of champagne. if not, whiskey.

[ol'spice]

If I get accepted into ANY one of the schools I'm applying, I'll head to the mountains east of where I live and mountain bike through miles of remote trails, through the desert, pine forests, do some yoga, meditate...

[LLajax]

You know you've done it. You've seen something really nice, and perfect for you, with a price tag just a little outside of your reach. "Oh, I won't get that now," you say, "but I will when I get into _________!"

For example, I had dreams of medieval studies grad school for the last two years of my undergrad. I actually promised myself three things if I got into a program:

• A CD set of Gregorian chant
  
• An action figure of Pope Innocent III
  
• A knotwork skull sculpture
  

When I got my consolation MA, I didn't feel like celebrating. I no longer worked at the store selling the chant, I wasn't down the street from the store that sold Innocent anymore, and my tastes had moved beyond a decorative skull. So I didn't get myself any of these things and, well, you know where last year's attempts went.

I'm not too much a believer in fate, but I am a believer that moving goals is a horrible morale sap; and a promise is a promise, even to yourself. I may not be near music or novelty shops any longer, but I have the internet! And I'm glad to say my tastes have fully returned to realize the awesomeness of a knotwork skull. So I will be making these purchases as soon as possible.

In the meanwhile, I had promised myself one of those art history mugs if I got into an art history program. Well, I didn't, but too bad, because yesterday - the last of my museum internship - I got one from the gift shop anyway. Now I've gotta get into a program, right?

And finally, I've promised myself a bottle of the finest 18-year-old Jameson whiskey for when that doctorate is mine. Now that's a promise I'll never break.

So, what are you going to treat yourself to when you get your results?

There's an action figure of Pope Innocent III?!?! NO WAY, how did I not know about this?! That's it, I'm totallly getting that for myself if I get in someplace. That and a hockey jersey from my favorite team (you know, because I'll have to move away from the town where they play ans so I'll have to find a new way to show my pride and everything).

[Cosmos]

I am going to take me and my friends out to dinner. I might also get a caramel frappuccino from Starbucks.

[habanero]

I am going to get a dog (Keeshond breed) and a Le Creuset dutch oven. I am also going to go to Thailand, Egypt, Australia, and Russia.

[yumpeh12]

professional massage.

[OnceAndFutureGrad]

I am going to get a dog (Keeshond breed) and a Le Creuset dutch oven. I am also going to go to Thailand, Egypt, Australia, and Russia.

Wow, that's a pretty hefty list!

[gellert]

Gellert! I feel obliged to inform you that a little gremlin of self-doubt seems to have taken up residence on your back. I think that he has been writing on your behalf of late...

I always read your posts and think that you sound very clever and self-possessed; you'd make a great addition to a grad program!

Let yourself have a little bit of whimsy and daydreams, don't let the little gremlin live there rent-free!

You are too kind.

I will try my best to question that gremlin at every turn. I fear I've given him too much free chocolate cake lately; it's alll gone to his head (and to his love handles).

Sorry to be such a downer as of late. You're absolutely right. I'm going to pull myself up by the bootstraps and keep doing what I'm doing, because I love doing it.

Thank you.

[domnulsl]

A bacon burger at Five Guys Burgers and Fries for every acceptance letter I received.....and....probably have to buy new clothes in the process....

[jerzygrl]

A new wardrobe (I am working on losing some pounds during this proces) and a bottle of champagne (or two or three ... If i don't get in, a big a$$ box of kleenex.

[Starlajane]

I'm going to dye my hair (or, at least, part of it) hot pink. Just because I will no longer have to keep up appearances for a 9-5 job.

[Italophile]

I'm torn between a round-trip plane ticket to Europe (believe me, if Visas were any easier to get that would be a one-way) and buying a tablet.

[imisscoffee]

I will go out with friends and hell of celebrate. Then, I will buy a fatty fiction book and read the shit out of it.

[BreathingSister]

lol, I love all the aggressive reading going on but if accepted into the PhD with funding I will probably sit and shake for a couple minutes in complete solitude with my computer and/or phone that I received the email on, then text my partner and mom, then sleep for 7 days straight since I can finally relax. Until 10 days later when I get the list of 150 books I need to know by the next summer, then a whole new level of worry takes over.

[logik36]

A bottle of 18 year old Highland Park Scotch, a box of Oliva Serie V cigars, and purchase two tickets to when Ben Heppner returns to the Canadian Opera Company in the following year.

[Max Power]

a copy of modernist cuisine and a bottle of hudson manhattan rye whiskey

well i'm buying the rye no matter what the outcome is

[Athenrein]

Nachos for dinner with my wonderful boyfriend. And a high-quality backpack or messenger bag.

[PhDreams]

I'm definitely blowing my savings on a ticket to Micronesia to visit my friend.

ahhhh...island hopping.

[CSFive]

My wife said I could buy a bow tie... only if I'm accepted.