She started working at the salon without paying herself a salary but said she felt “bored” and “unstimulated,” because of her passion was teaching. The couple then bought a salon for more than $187,000 as an investment after Griffiths quit her $50,000 a year teaching job out of concern her students and coworkers would treat her differently. Her first spend after winning the lottery was a 10-day trip to Dubai with her family. “But it’s not a tangible feeling imagine being told you suddenly have two million in the bank.” “Everyone always asks you what it’s like to win the lottery,” she told the outlet. Griffiths was “shocked” when her husband Roger told her that he had won the life-changing prize back in 2005. But the fact is, I spent it wisely and I had a great time,” Griffin, 53, said. “People kept saying I was stupid, pumped full of plastic surgery and needed my kids taken away. “It’s become an overriding narrative that the lotto ruined my life,” Griffiths, of Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, told the South West News Service. Nearly 20 years after collecting the prize, Lara Griffiths, a mother of two, said she’s just “sick of being painted as tragic.” ![]() A British woman who squandered more than $1.8 million in lottery winnings in eight years said she doesn’t regret how she spent her cash and “had a great time.”
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |