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  • Aloha

    "A trip to Hawaii! Yes, awhile back around x-mas one could get a round trip to Hawaii from LA for $290, Yes $290! A freak fare. Knowing that I was going to get the check, I went in Feb. The other $310 was applied to rental car, & tours there."

    Paul, 46, teacher
    Los Angeles, CA

    8th Aug 2008 in Travel & Vacation | Discuss (21) |

  • Family Reunion

    "We went to our family reunion in Colorado and celebrated my Grandmother's 95th birthday. For a week everyone pretended to get along and only drive each other a little nuts. The big splurge was on an upgrade on the rental car. Yet... I feel under stimulated. Since Iraq now has a budget surplus, maybe THEY can send us another stimulus check. After all, we've sent them a little cash. Sure we plunged their country into civil war and bombed their infrastructure, but still..."

    Winter, 45, writer, rabble rouser
    Canyon Lake, Texas

    8th Aug 2008 in Travel & Vacation | Discuss (29) |

  • Some paella accompanied by a taste of Rioja wine

    "I spent part of my stimulus check on a paella cooked with prawns, clams, lobster tail, chicken marinated in a citrus-y sauce, and chorizos de pollo and de puerco. Mmmm!!! To celebrate the paella we also drank a bottle of Eduardo Garrido Garcia wine from my great-uncle-in-law in La Rioja in Spain. (The stimulus check did not pay for the bottle!) The rest went into savings...or setting up my first year classroom...or rent...depends on what I feel like saying at the moment. "

    L C
    Bay Area, CA

    8th Aug 2008 in Food & Drink | Discuss (27) |

  • Grand-daughter's Wedding

    "Received $300. $178 for plane ticket to my Grand-daughter's wedding. $40.00 for a new Marine uniform belt, spent the rest on food when I came home. Money well spent."

    Rosanne
    Santa Barbara, California

    8th Aug 2008 in Groceries, Travel & Vacation | Discuss (29) |
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