Clou12 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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 :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysanthemum Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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. kbirch and Curlicue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunty DaGnome Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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. Curlicue and MashaMashaMasha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAesthetic Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahmarie Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surefire Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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! Cici Beanz, stephanopolis, Ameonna and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIIIP55 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 if i get in, my boyfriend promises me a bottle of champagne. if not, whiskey. Curlicue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol'spice Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLajax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 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 chantAn action figure of Pope Innocent IIIA 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I am going to take me and my friends out to dinner. I might also get a caramel frappuccino from Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habanero Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yumpeh12 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 professional massage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAndFutureGrad Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellert Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Cici Beanz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domnulsl Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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.... Grunty DaGnome and tauren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzygrl Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlajane Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. SocHope, kbirch, txelizabeth and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italophile Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imisscoffee Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathingSister Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logik36 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athenrein Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nachos for dinner with my wonderful boyfriend. And a high-quality backpack or messenger bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDreams Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'm definitely blowing my savings on a ticket to Micronesia to visit my friend. ahhhh...island hopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSFive Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 My wife said I could buy a bow tie... only if I'm accepted. superbygk, coonskee, Curlicue and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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