Hi everyone,
Was just curious to start this thread ... how will you be spending your "bonus"?
Hi everyone,
Was just curious to start this thread ... how will you be spending your "bonus"?
I won't be getting any :( But if I did, I'd probably spend a little on items for the kids, maybe for things they need like clothes, shoes etc. And perhaps one new toy. But overall I think I'd just save it...I know I know, foiling Mr Rudd's evil spending plan... but hey, he "gave" it to us, we should be able to do what we like with it!
I just hate to think of that money being wasted, particularly in say some of the "poorer" families (I'm sure you know the kind I mean), where they have 5-6 kids, but then will just waste it on alcohol/drugs, and none of it will be spent on the kids, or buying necessities....
Anyway, hope you all enjoy your christmas bonus!! Too bad it wasn't next christmas, or even at the end of the financial year, that they were doing it! Lol
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A lot of smaller towns up here have called in extra police because they are expecting a massive rise in alcohol sales in the next two weeks... :cry:
We are putting half on bills, and half on putting down turf for the kids in the backyard. Damn bills!!! :lol:
3/4 of it is going into our holiday savings fund for next year and the rest is going on everyting for Xmas.. presents, fuel for travelling, food ect..
Will make this xmas just that little bit easier without having to worry (too much) about what we spend.. We can sit back and enjoy the holidays without the worry of bills to pay..
It was going to be a new bed for DD, but for now it will cover the last moolah we owe my midwife - and then when we get the rebate from our health fund the little one will get her new bed.
We also have rego etc due by 20th December, great time of year for that huh??!! :wall:
rego tip.. We used to have it due in january so we opted to pay it for 6 mnths which took us to August then we went back to yearly..
ours will go to a maxirider for DD, chest of drawers for bubs and some towards our doula.
ALLLLLLLLL of our savings are frozen in the credit crisis so have to spend wisely!
We won't be getting it :(.
TBH ours would have gone straight on our mortgage.
We dont get it either bummer :( But would have probably put it off our mortgage or maybe into DS savings?
thats the right thing to do as DH would have said but i would have spent it on a christmas party with my friends :)
Ours is going to pay bills. This time of year sucks for all the bills coming in, you know the power,water,land rates etc.
Going to book us on the boat to Tassie for Easter next year to visit family and friends. The rest will sit in the home loan until the trip when it will be used as spending money.
Ours will be going into savings to help when we are on a single income again when bubba comes. To be honest we'll probably be spending a little bit on buying Olivia a big girl bed in a few months.
we won't be getting it either but it would have gone on costs for this pg and birth and getting ready for the new baby.
maxi rider AHR for DD and other things we need
Washing machine & drier ( already bought but on credit).
Car rego, New mattress for Evan.
Saving as much as we can though
Bills here, some for christmas, but unfortunately mostly bills. But it will be a good feeling to finally have some annoying little debts paid off.
If we got it I'd use it for what it was intended, to boost the economy. We are all struggling, and its not going to get any better if we don't help the economy too. So for me its either yeah sure blow $1000 like is wanted, or put it in savings and then struggle for twice as long as the recession continues? I dunno I've always been a bigger picture person.
We are getting our car serviced, safety checked and probably need new tyres as we are driving up to Coffs Harbour after xmas, we will pay whatever bills we have and the rest will going into savings....will come in handy when rego is due later in the year.
Hmmm... I'm paying off the rest of dh's Xmas pressie and not sure what i will do with other $800. It will probably just get spread out over Xmas- travel, bills, etc. Juts be nice not to have scrimp on everything and live like we used to, pre-baby, for a month or so :D
I'm with Niliac on this one- it's a big picture thing. And this is the only time in my life I won't feel guilty about spending $1000 instead of saving it!!
Good idea Nic but we don't have that option in NSW, it's a full year or nothing :rolleyes::
I haven't had glasses for 18 months, so a pair of them will be nice although it will on the bottom of the priority list.
1/4 of rates payment
clearing the last of my cc that is killing me in interest
clothes for the kids
new school uniform for DD1
VCE books
rego for one of my cars to be sold early next year
Xmas pressies
Sorry KRudd, I'm loving you for the $$$ but its a matter of survival for my little family right now....
If we got it I's be spending it on new tyres for my car ($500+) and christmas presents for DS and DH.
mmm... we are using ours for Matilda's Occupational Therapy she desperately needs prior to starting school. That is unless they give her a diagnosis, than the goverment will help pay for early intervention, but in the meantime... OT appointments and swimming lessons for Matilda. Jovie's will be divided into our savings & the girls savings for the future.
Big bed for DD. Chrissy present for DH, we weren't doing pressies for each other this year, but now we are. :D
Pay off a credit card.
hubby is talking a big plasma tv (so we can hand back our rental tv and save $10 a week)
and i want a new couch! (so the rest will go towards that) it will be nice to have more than just a 2 seater to sit on here... i'm sure our DD will appreciate not having to sit on her lil kiddy couch that she is quickly outgrowing....
Mines going towards a big boy bed for my son and picking up his booster seat. the rest on bills.
Ours is going to a new hot water system thingo.
The rest will be put in our savings or something like that.
Half on bills and half on Christmas here...makes life a lot less stressful thats for sure!
Jo
As we are getting a fair bit due to being on a career's allowance...most of its going in the bank for future medical costs.
We are splurging though....we're going to buy a new window for Vyolett's bedroom cause her old one is unsafe oh and dame rego and rate!
I've changed my mind, I don't need glasses, I'm doing lines with Mazzie instead he he he!
:ROFL: Lulu
not getting it :( missed out by 8 days :wall:
Not getting ours until we do next years tax. So no idea what it will go on then!
I think if they wanted the money to be spent, they should have just given it to 16 yr olds. Giving it to families is a bit silly, coz majority will be sensible and pay off debts.. not spend it! Altho.. i guess the psychology of having extra money is still there, so the possibility is that with debts that bit more paid off, people will still buy something for themselves somewhere along the line.
I don't understand why they discriminated with families needing to be eligible.. just hand out some money to everyone and get them to spend it!
LOL discrimination is not letting people join a Golf Club because of their race or refusing to hire someone because of their gender.:
Whilst I don't agree with the methods of distributing this particular handout I don't think that refusing handouts to our wealthier citizens counts as discrimination....
Why on earth should my taxes subsidise paying a bonus to the likes of the Packers or Hewitts?
Credit cards...that I used to buy everything for christmas, car rego, school stuff (uniforms, fees, books etc) and save a bit.
Totally agree with ya there babe.:
mine will be going towards IVF and xmas stuff and more then likely bills
sarahxxxx
if, IF, i get it, and i'm not sure if we really are eligible, it will go on two new fron wheel bearings and registering my car so i can continue to give DD driving lessons and run her and her friends about.
Ours will be stocking up on nappies, wipes, formula, xmaz pressies and odds and ends for the kids, and the rest into savings accounts.