Category: Home & Garden

“My check was only enough for the deposit on the new apartment I needed to move to since the one I was in skyrocketed $100 per month. :(“ Mark H, 33, Technical/ComputersLaurel, MD

” We needed an office and a guest room. Our Basement was unfinished but with our stimulus check we built them both. My husband did all the work we just needed to buy the supplies. Thanks Home Depot! “ Missy Hickcox, 26, Research/Biotech/Cheshire CTWaterbury, CT

“My husband and I bought a new house in November 07 so we spent all $1200 buying different things for the house…a new shed, a new lawn mower (an unexpected expense since the red one in the pic died already), a patio set, a new grill and some of the wood needed for our new …

“My boyfriend and I have spent our checks on the purchase of a pellet stove and pellets because we need to keep our little monster warm this winter. Last year it cost us about $300 a month to heat the house and we were still cold. We figured we would use the “welfare checks” from …

“Bought a shed – Purchased from a local business, Made in Pennsylvania.” Dan, 43, ClaimsAudubon, PA

“My wife and I have been married for almost five years now and we still had my old furniture. So we used our $1800 for a new living suit.” Prentice, 28, Auto ManufacturingMurfreesboro, TN