After filing in three states, spending time with my new BFF Mahendra at H&R Block and paying the government a boatload of money, I got my stimulus check yesterday. I assume this means that I will not be audited, which is really all you can ask for when it’s your first time filing on your own. The idea of having to sit down with an IRS agent and go over my taxes is inexplicably terrifying to me, you guys.

Anyway, because I was in school for half of the year and was making $nothing/hour, I got $300 back instead of $600 like most of America got. I am fine with this.

Thus begins, however, my foray into What Do You Do with Three Hundred Bucksville . . . so I’m hoping for suggestions as to what to do with the cash.

Let’s brainstorm what $300 can buy . . .

• almost a whole flight from NYC to Columbus (seriously . . . it used to be $250 and now it’s skyrocketed up to about $350 – gag me!)
• 45 used DVDs from Blockbuster’s 3/$20 deals
• 3 lifetimes of Xanga Premium
• six months’ worth of Special K Red Berries cereal (I go through an average of 3 boxes a week)
• a whole bunch of karma if I were to donate it to charity
• 25 NYC movie tickets
• 150 Frosty Floats
• 194€ (ouch)

or, the most likely of the outcomes…

• 1/60th of the remainder of my student loans

I also thought about cashing it and seeing how far I could stretch it, but I know I’d end up spending it on bagels and eating for almost an entire year on the treasury’s dime.

What did you do with your stimulus payment?