Most people have dreamed at one time or another of a big lottery win and all the things they will be able to buy with the money. But, what would be the first thing you would buy?
Although someone might think it would be cars, houses or travel, the reality is often more prosaic. That’s what we conclude from the testimony of Frances and Patrick Connolly, a Northern Irish couple who in 2019 won an award from 128 million euros in the draw for Euromillions.
Recalling the day they discovered they had become overnight multimillionaires, Frances Connolly tells the Daily Mail how she was locked in a hotel with no spare underwear as they prepared to publicize their victory.
When asked what her first purchase was after winning the fabulous prize, Frances Connolly revealed: “Do you really want to know? A pair of panties.”
“We left our house with nothing, to be safe in case someone found out and came to the house. And they did, in a matter of minutes“, explains the woman.
“When we arrived at a hotel in England on Friday night, before the press conference, I had to call our (daughter) Fiona and tell her:”Can you stop by Marks & Spencer?“. “He got a pack of three pairs for 12 pounds (about 14 euros),” explains the millionaire.
That said, once this emergency purchase was made, Frances Connolly explained that the first luxury purchase she made was to buy her father a gold pocket watch.