“Right after getting my stimulus check, all of a sudden my 7 year old BMW had some kind of anti-freeze problem in which I had to replace the entire coolant compartment which was cracked, totaling about $650 so that’s what my check went for. As a bonus though, I caught a really good deal from …
“I am using my stimulus check to pay for my family rv vacation. The rest of it will go to me going back to college full time.!! Its great!” Brandi, 25, AviationLa Porte, Texas
“Paid down a credit card and spent the rest in Ottawa, Canada to celebrate finishing graduate school. Now if I can only find a job…” Jennifer, 26, Unemployed Social WorkerBuffalo, New York
“I got my check in time for a very dramatic event. My great grandmother passed away a day before my fiance and i got our check. i payed 2 last bills and the rest went to seeing my family and being with them.” jessicastafford, va
“I donated $100 to the Red Sox Foundation in hopes to win a 2007 World Series Ring and simultaneously help children of New England. I also put a down payment on a gallon of gas, there goes most of my check. The rest helped to pay for a trip to Florida so my son can …
“My husband and I paid the deposit on our cruise we will be attending in september of 2009,to coco cay bahamas and a few other places. We are saving the rest for the vacation as well.” Onica, 22, self-employedWaterbury, Vermont
“We took a vacation to mesa verde. Taking another one in July pike’s peak, garden of the gods, georgetown loop and mt evans…it just might pay for the gas!!!!!! lol” anna, 52, nannydenver, colorado