I finally got my tax rebate check in the mail this week. Like most single taxpayers, my check was somewhere between $300-600 (I don't want to say exactly how much). It's my understanding that this rebate was designed to help consumers like me "stimulate the economy". Now my question is, how should I go about doing that?

I'm fortunate that there's nothing that I really need to buy with that money. But beyond that, there's nothing that I really want to buy, either. There's nothing in that price range, or even adding up to that range, that I feel like going out and spending money on. Sure, I'll buy a few CD's and DVD's over the next few weeks, but I'd do that without the stimulus check anyway.

I could invest the money, but with the poor shape the markets are in right now, I think I might have better odds making money by gambling in Vegas. I guess I'll just deposit the money in my checking account, let it gain .000005% interest, and spend it along with the rest of my normal wages. Maybe I'll go out to Dairy Queen and buy a Blizzard to celebrate my rebate. That'll be $4 for the treat, and another $10 spent on the fuel to get there and back.