Bonus check question

[Leshaface]

So I got a Christmas bonus at work!

Now, to figure out what to do with it.

What would you do with $730?

I'm not sure how to divi up the money..I know I want to put a couple hundred into our 'car fund' but what should I do with the rest??

 

[lakelandgal70]

Congrats! Do you have a savings account or a money market? I would sock away as much as possible. But that is just me.

 

[Leshaface]

Congrats! Do you have a savings account or a money market? I would sock away as much as possible. But that is just me.

I have an IRA, an emergency account, a car account, and a christmas account...

There are literally tons of things I 'could' do but would feel guilty about putting the money there...like for instance, we just bought our house in August, and we have a sitting room and a formal dining room with ZERO furniture in it...obviously we couldn't buy a lot of furniture with that money, but we could buy something..

I have no credit card debt, but we do have DH's school loan which we pay on each month...so I could put an extra couple hundred on top of our regular amount this month...

 

[lakelandgal70]

I have an IRA, an emergency account, a car account, and a christmas account...

There are literally tons of things I 'could' do but would feel guilty about putting the money there...like for instance, we just bought our house in August, and we have a sitting room and a formal dining room with ZERO furniture in it...obviously we couldn't buy a lot of furniture with that money, but we could buy something..

I have no credit card debt, but we do have DH's school loan which we pay on each month...so I could put an extra couple hundred on top of our regular amount this month...

Oh ok. Well with that info I definatley would get some furniture! Do you have an IKEA nearby? You could get more bang for your buck so to say.

 

[Mom2Ben02]

There are a LOT of people downsizing, and selling formal dining sets on CL and bookoo.com. I would bet you could get a pretty decent set for your bonus, if you are patient and look every day.