$600 = just about 6 months of gas for my car.
I'm not entirely sure I'll get a payment, since I'll almost certainly owe taxes again this year, but if I do, all it will be doing is offsetting my tax bill.
No stimulating the economy for me. No consumer electronics, no gas, no food, not even paying of bills or paying down of debt. It will just go right back to the government.
Yeah, mine is going directly into the keep-Val-alive-over-the-next-year fund.
Ours went immediately to credit card debt.
Mine should be there today and will likely cover the cost of renting some storage space for 2 month. Darn it. I was hoping we could just use the garage, but we have hit max there already and need to keep the boxes out of the house. Snarl.
BUT I'm setting aside a bit of it for a massage or two cause my stress levels are through the roof and I need something to look forward to.
I don't think I'm getting one, sadly. Which is stupid, because just because I made lots of money last year doesn't mean I don't need it THIS year!! This year is a whole different year!! Where I have been making no money for a few months!! Stupid rassenfrassen government plan.
Mine was supposed to go towards an iTouch. But, I'm not bitter about that. Nope. Not at all.
I'm thinking I'll give at least half mine to my dad, since apparently people living the good life on social security and VA disability payments are only getting half of what I as a single person with reasonable income receive. @@
Oh, in random other news I would like to thank whoever sends dreams through the ether, because I had a verrrry nice one shortly before waking this morning. It would only have been better if it were, say, real. Or at least remotely possibly likely to happen. But still. Better than several other similar-but-bad dreams I've had on the same theme (ie "let's make out! Now I'm going to be mean to you! Hahahah!" Which is Not Fun, even in a dream)
I got my tax rebate today too!
But I have already made a payment on my cc bill and started getting the paperwork together to renew my passport. (Will need to get new pictures and therefore a haircut - you know before the pictures.)
We got $1200, though I was expecting $1800 (two adults and two kids at half price). I guess married filing jointly only counts as one person? Weird.
Ours is going towards buying a house. Where all the money goes right now.