How are you going to spend your stimulus check?

I haven't received mine yet, but......I'm getting it around July. Anyway......I am going to 'catch up' on a few things. I ALSO plan on taking my son on a 'trip'..whether it be a shopping adventure or a trip to a historical place. My son is REALLY 'into' history ( the Civil War, to be exact). He would LOVE to go to Gettysburg. I'm ALSO a 'war buff' myself. My son really deserves some 'adventure' like this. He's really worked hard in school, had some 'tough times' ( with some classes) and have gotten through it.

i plan on getting some work done on the car,then
the rest goes into the bank.

We have already received our check, direct deposit, and like most people, we used it to pay bills, take care of some things that were unexpected and took a little of it to go out to dinner together, which is something we very seldom do. We were able to get caught up on a couple of things, pay off a couple of small things, we even managed to fill up the vehicles all the way for the first time in I don't know how long. We were also able to help my brother out by getting him some groceries and his utility bill, he is only getting approx 20 hrs a week at his current job, so due to him not getting a check, we helped him out with what we could. Of course we received ours in May, so there is nothing left, but it greatly helped with some things. Just wish a dollar stretched a little further.

100% of my stimulus check is going to pay off current credit card debt! Thank you Uncle Sam :)

I will be using this check for some much need car repairs and other extra that have been needed. We have need some repairs, but did not have the extra money to do it.

I am going to but some extra "staples" for our house in the way of groceries with the price going higher and higher, and even be able to put extra in the gas tank if I spread it out.

I did what the government probably didn't want me to do--I put gas in my car and paid on some bills. Oh wait, I DID spend a couple of those dollars on a cheeseburger, so I guess I gave a bit of it back to my local economy. :)

I plan on paying off what I owe to the devil AKA PDL's. My husband and I have also agreed to put the remainder into a savings account to cover any unexpected emergencies. That is how we fell into the PDL trap in the first place. We will NEVER get into that trap again!!

I'm going to use my stimulus check to pay off one of my credit cards and lower my debt profile.

Gas for my car - That will give me about 2 weeks of driving!

I am not. I'm saving it for a rainy day.

That's a fairly easy question to answer. I'm getting caught up on my financial obligations, what's left over I am depositing into an emergency fund which will accrue interest. I hope that will give me some incentive to add monies to in the future, so it will increase as time goes by. I'm going to call it my unpayday loan fund. lol

I already recieved my check and I first spent it on things that I really needed at the moment - food, gas, things for my apartment. It kind of killed me as i did toy with using some of it towards savings but I had to buy some things. Than the rest I used 100% on bills. It caught me up for the most part and that makes me feel really good.

Well, since the US Government has determined I am too poor, and therefore I don't need to be economically stimulated, I will not be getting a stimulus check. I just find it incomprehensible that someone would have had to make a certain dollar amount in 2007, which I didn't as I've been unemployed for well over a year, in order to be deemed worthy of receiving the measly $300 being sent out. What this tells me is the government has pretty much deemed that I am absolutely unworthy because I am living at, or more likely below, the poverty level. Funny thing, I can only qualify for food stamps in my state; not any other type of public assistance, because I have no children. However, I could desperately use it! I would say that $300 would have probably fed me for a month or so, or put gas in my car's fuel tank so I could better afford to look for work.

So thanks US Government, I will be sure to remember who helped me out, when I really could have used it, when election time comes around!

I am spending my checks on new beds for my children. Because of the increase in everything (expect of course my paycheck), my poor children have been sleeping on old beds that are broken. The money I will be receiving is because of them so I am going to spend it on them. Any leftover money will go to pay down debt.

The suggestions to "blow" the money on something like a big screen TV or a Stero system were laughable to me in this current financial situation. I received my $900 and used it to try to catch up on my gas bill, and to stock up on our depleting grocery supply. With gas here currently at $4.14 a gallon, $900 doesn't go very far. If I hadn't had so many high bills to pay.. I would have saved it.

For me the best place for that stimulus check is to be put on an ING or alike savings account. It's money that we did not expect, it would really be a good add up to our savings for future use..

I was thinking about spending my stimulus check on my 2005 back taxes. Since Uncle Sam automatically applied them for me, I no longer have to think about it!

While it would have been nice to hold the actual check, seeing my balance with the IRS drop significantly was nice, too.

700.00 goes back to long term savings to cover taxes paid. 100.00 to me (towards a new suit), 100.00 to my wife (towards new dress) and 300.00 to be invested in the market.

I plan on paying some bills with my check.

I am going to invesst in a new bedroom set

Pay some of my bills and place some on my son;s college fund, which I had borrowed from. Gas prices are out of control and this check should be able to help me out.

Split the 4 money ways:
1) put some money into a Christmas club. This way the money is there for the holidays as opposed to using credit cards,
2) put some into a savings account for when needed,
3) use for gas and other stuff, and finally
4) take some for something fun like the movies, dinner, or
a carnival or something like that. Something fun that
doesn\\\'t cost alot of money.
At least this way, you\\\'re using the money wisely and enjoy part of it.

I am going to use most of the money to help my grandmother get her back porch rescreened. The rest will go to buying her a converter box for her tv so that when the big change happens in 09' she'll be ready.

Didn't get it yet.

Well, since I lost my driver's license 2 years ago, I'm going to use my stimulus check to pay for the Group Dynamics class, books, assessment, and reinstatement fee. So I'll get my license back. Thank you G.W. Bush, the only good thing you ever did for me!!!!

on housing repair

I'm not going to spend it. I will put it on my savings account and will talk to a financial adviser from my Bank how to invest wise, to make maybe more out of it the right way without risking alot or best nothing. Maybe one or the other read my Storie and my update. I have only a little amount left to pay on my car, cause I was really lucky. And I really don't wanne be in that debt river anymore. I learnd my lesson cause I know everything happens for a reason and someone gave me a second chance. This time I take it right!!

Since losing my husband of 22 years at His age of 42, I plan on using my stimulus check to start a savings account for our son who took care of his father for many years and had to grow up too fast. Giving back to my son and my neighborhood children is what life is all about. My son and I are very close and as we have no family (both of us are only children), he deserves a little joy and something for himself.

Sure, I had all kinds of plans. I wanted put it in the bank for unexpected expenses; or pay down some debts; or take the family on much-needed weekend getaway.

Did I get to do any of that? No. The IRS stole my stimulus check to apply toward some existing tax debt. Debt that I was a dead beat and not paying on? No. Debt that I have a repayment plan on and that I have kept completely curent on my payments.

Thanks for letting me stimulate the economy...not!

Well I did get a stimulus check and Uncle Sam decided since I owed them they would decide how I was going to spend it. It actually was a good thing, because I would have done the following if it reached my hands: I would have paid a few bills I would have liked to get ahead on and maybe just maybe I would have filled my truck up and I mean filled it up completely instead of $20 here, $20 there......uh oh.....the gas light is on again. LOL

My check was spent on vehicle main. & paying out medical bills not paid by my insurance company.Thank you uncle sam for paying my doctors.LOL

I bought back my some equipment of my husbands that I had pawned to pay bills while he was laid off and paid bills since he was not yet back to work when we got the money.

I am going to put a portion of my stimulus payment in teh bank. I work for teh state givernment in Pa and right now there is a possibility we may be laid off because t hey can not pass our budget. I am going to save some of rebate so i have something to fall back on. The part that I am keeping am using to purchase some summer clothes and shoes for my children and to pay a few bills a couple months ahead so i am prepared and so that i don't waste any money. Times are tough and money is scarce.

My fiancee and I are spending ours to help pay for our honeymoon in September that we thought we weren't going to be able to take.

I have not received mine yet but I have purchased my youngest daughter, she is 11 a flute off of ebay that my dad loaned me the money for until I receive mine, should be here in the next while, by July 4th according to the website. I also bought a set of 4 tires from Goodyear. The rest I believe I will be banking since as of July 11, 2008 I won't have employment. I was put on a 6 month assignment that started January 28, 2008 and will end as I have stated. I have already paid for the tires, so I guess about $600 will go into the savings for a just in case I don't find employment quickly.

Catch up on rent and utilities.

On some credit card payments!! Woo hoo!

Trying to pay off bills.

Actually, I have a specific item I need to purchase. I am by trade an exotic dancer, and am planing to buy myself a nicer pair of TA TA's. I have wanted this for years and will finally have enough to do it. May sound strange to some, but it is my way of life.

on my mortgage

I WILL USE THE MONEY TO HELP PLAN MY WEDDING . I AM MARRYING A WONDERFUL GUY AND CAIT WAIT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH HIM.

Well, I deposited the check in my checking account and I plan to save for a house. It's a drop in the bucket but, you've got to start somewhere.