Which is better to upgrade...processor or flash storage?

Buying a new 2013 MBA and have already upgraded to the 8GB but didn't know if I should upgrade to the 1.7GHz or the 512GB Flash Storage....
My uses are:
-heavy email usage
-Windows Parallel for Microsoft Office usage
-LOTS of music
-LOTS of Photos and some minor photo editing
Thoughts? 
I appreciate any feedback offered.
Thanks!

Well, you've opened yourself up to receiving plenty of opinions ... here's mine:
You already hit the most important upgrade by far - 8GB RAM.  I would say if you're going to upgrade anything, that is the first choice.
If you think you might need more than 256GB Flash, then I think that would be second choice, based on your workload description.  I don't feel exceptionally strongly about this, except to say it would be ugly if you got close to your Flash drive's capacity.

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