Gnarly, the best $600 I ever spent

July 22, 2008 0 Comments

“I bought the cutest puppy ever. I’d been wanting a dog for a really long time and I was going to wait until 2009, but the extra money in my pocket let me get him this year. I saw this little guy and had to have him – say hello to Gnarly. I know it …

Bills

July 14, 2008 0 Comments

“I got 600. 240 went to the power bill. 200 went to paying off a vet bill for the cat. (she had a c-section haha) and the rest went to gas to get to work. kinda sucks. i was hoping to buy some new clothes that I really could use.” S, 22, Hotelmoss point, ms

Our House is now a Home!

July 3, 2008 0 Comments

“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 …

Wedding & Horses

July 3, 2008 0 Comments

“Im engaged and my 600- went towards our location for the wedding which was 1250 July 18th! My fiances 600- went to buy 250 bales of hay for our horses before the winter starts charging $7 a bale. So we are very happy where our money went. GOIN TO ST CROIX for the honeymoon!” Megan, …

Privacy Fence

July 3, 2008 0 Comments

“We used our stimulus check to help pay for a new fence that we put up in our back yard. We recently purchased a dog and are planning on children so that was a big priority for us. The check didn’t cover the entire cost of the fence, but we used $900 to cover a …

Our Dogs Thank You!

July 2, 2008 0 Comments

“Our stimulus payment offset the cost of our dogs’ annual check-up, shots and one month of dog food. Try lowering the gas prices, taxes and energy costs so we can take our children somewhere further than an hour away from home for vacation!” Lisa, 46, Corporate AdministratorGlastonbury, CT

I bought a puppy!

July 1, 2008 0 Comments

“I bought a new puppy, she cost exactly $600! We needed a friend for our other Papillion and although I spent all of my money, she was more than worth it!” AmyBurtonsville, MD

I like Ike but I hate W.

June 30, 2008 0 Comments

“I paid for my kitten Ike’s neutering and shots. The rest of it went for groceries and my electric bill. “ Rebecca, 40, EducationBoston, MA

The Gov’t saved our cat

June 30, 2008 0 Comments

“we spent ours getting our cat a radioactive thyroid treatment to cure his hyperthyroid condition. he would have died without it.” billy, 38, insurancecharleston, west virginia

Emergency Vet

June 30, 2008 0 Comments

“I spent my money on my cat’s emergency surgery. When I came home on Saturday evening I found him impaled on my elk antlers, I had to lift him off the antlers, and then rushed him to the vet, he ripped his stomach skin completely open. Luckily he had no internal damage. I was glad …