How I Spent My Stimulus

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• Pay off those bills!

  

  "I just paid off some bills. Something we all need to do. Tighten your belt and let's get working together to "get er done"! Toys all come and go but finiancial freedom -- that's the ticket! Blessings, MB"

  Michael Beeler, 51, Sales
  El Paso, Texas

  3rd Jul 2008 in Other | Discuss (0) |

• Our House is now a Home!

  

  "Two little ladies knocked at our door and decided to give birth to 9 kittens. A cat lady by nature you know what happened next. You fall in love and well you end up with 9 kids running about. So yea my money went to the kids. Can't have any claws, balls, and uteruses flying about. Thank God the vet gives discounts! Woo-Hoo! And I did by a pretty little sundress for myself. Which they love to all hang from."

  Hilary, 30, Sales
  Floodcity, Pennsylvania

  3rd Jul 2008 in Apparel, Pets | Discuss (22) |

• Saving it 4 a RAINY day!!!

  

  "Straight into my savings for a rainy day...with prices rocketing and all the bad air frim the fires here I might need to dap into it here and there for a high PG&E bills soon. (picture is from CA 2nd largest fire recorded in history which was last years Zaca fire...we have bad air in CA)"

  Brooke, 26, self-employeed
  Fresno, CA

  3rd Jul 2008 in Other | Discuss (1) |

• Unhappy

  

  "I was planning on paying my house taxes which was exactly $1,200.00 my husband and I was to receive. But since my husband started his own business in Aug 2007 and owed taxes, the IRS kept our stimulus check. So much for getting that extra money. I know alot of other people they did the same thing to them. I thought this check was for personal use WE WERE WRONG!!!!"

  Norma, 48, Administrative
  Dallas, Texas

  3rd Jul 2008 in Other | Discuss (0) |

• Saving for a rainy day

  

  "I put my money in savings. I'm in grad school and every little bit helps! Besides which, our country's problem isn't that there's too little spending, it's that there is not enough saving. Be the change you want to see in the world!"

  Tina, 25
  Santa Barbara, CA

  3rd Jul 2008 in Invest/Savings | Discuss (2) |

• Security Deposit

  

  "We paid for our security deposit for a new duplex rental."

  Jolene, 33, Marketing Director /Somerville Architects
  Green Bay, WI

  3rd Jul 2008 in Rent/Mortgage | Discuss (0) |

• Live life at 120 mph!

  

  "I spent the money to pay for a month of skydiving! At $25 a lift to altitude, that's 24 skydives for me. Blue Skies!"

  Chelle, 26, Accountant
  Schenectady, NY

  3rd Jul 2008 in Recreation & Events | Discuss (1) |

• I helped support a crooked system!

  

  "Because of the total mismanagement of government and backdoor deals between politicians and the oil producing countries the US imports from, I spent my fabulous stimulus on gas just to get to work. Thanks, George, you ass!"

  David Francis, 36, retail
  Upton, MA

  4th Jul 2008 in Vehicle & Gas | Discuss (1) |

• I smell good is Disneyland with less debt

  

  "I did three things with my stimulus check. First of all, I finally bought the Betsey Johnson perfume I've been wanting for 6 months or so ($40), I bought my plane ticket to Anaheim so I could go to Disneyland ($160), and I used the rest ($400) to pay off the debt I owe to my parents for a trip to Europe I took last summer."

  Jen, 27, High School teacher
  Sacramento, CA

  3rd Jul 2008 in Debt/Credit Card, Travel & Vacation, Other | Discuss (21) |

• THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH

  

  "I spent my money on catching up on bills, such as rent, gas, groceries, and utilities. I got $600, $300 for me and $300 for my child and I'm sorry but if they wanted people to use this money for luxury reasons, I feel they should have given a lot more due to the economy. The way things are going it really doesn't make sense that everything is rising in cost from gas to house prices but people are constantly getting laid off or their paychecks are not going up. The way things are going in order for a single person to have a decent living you MUST have two jobs. As you can see in the pic I'm at work, thats all I can do is work, due to everything being so high and jobs are not paying thats the only way I can provide for my child. It would have been nice if they sent enough for people like me that work 40 or more hours a week to be able to go on a vacation and use time that I can't take cause I don't have the money. I really hope next time the government really take a look at the way things are and have more consideraton on people that work everyday but because of high costs on everything we are just barely getting by."

  Crystal, 25, Customer Service
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  3rd Jul 2008 in Rent/Mortgage | Discuss (0) |