Did you Get Your Economic Stimulus Check Yet?
While paying some bills this morning I noticed there was an extra $600 in my checking account. Looking at it closer the deposit said “US Treasury Tax Refund”. Looks like the stimulus check got deposited early in my checking account. Woo-hoo! Considering my options I can either:
- Spend it - I do very much want to build a new HTPC ever since my old one kicked the bucket this past January. $600 should get me quality parts over at NewEgg to build my little project.
- Save it - I only have a $1100 in my emergency fund right now, and it adding the $600 would boost me up to $1700, handy to have around.
- Pay my debt down - I haven’t forgotten about the big $25,000 gorilla in the room. If you’ve been following my adventures, I’ve been reducing my expenses everywhere I can to free up more money to pay off my debt.
For now it’s staying in the checking account, though it won’t be staying there for long.
How about you guys? Did you get your rebate yet? If so, what are you going to do with it?
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Hey Llama,
True, in fact I went ahead and put the $600 into the emergency fund.
I guess I just needed to talk it out loud 
Good call RJ. Once that E fund is padded, you can get a truly bad*ass HTPC for the same $$. Plus you won’t feel so conflicted about it.
Yep,
I’m going to use it as motivation.
No HTPC until I pay off my student loans.
Hmmm…I think I’ll even write a post about it
Still waiting for my payment. Using it for a family holiday…..just what the government ordered! I am in a fortunate position to have little debt so can afford to splurge it.
I’d say that emergency fund needs some attention. Parts for the HTPC will always be available. As an added bonus, if you wait, you’ll either pay less for the same parts, or get better parts for the money!