You just won $10,000, tax-free

[dramallama]

Go on a nice vacation, put the rest towards a new truck for DH.

[friskypanda]

New furniture

[Deleted]

I know I should pay off some of our car (trying to build credit so not all of it) and build up our e-fund. I would like to use it for some home improvements which could be viewed as a good investment. Our house was awful when we had its energy efficiency measured. I would get our attic insulated and some other things to improve that and save us $$ on energy costs.

[Deleted]

Pay off debt at this point.

[onomatopoeia]

1500: small vacation
3500: student loan
3500: credit card
1000: small used boat for DH and the kids to use for fishing.
500: guitar (and lessons) for me

[Chuppathingy]

Get rid of DH's student loans.

[HoneySpider]

Probably some combination of savings/paying off SL and something fun. I'd say vacation but my vacation problem this year isn't so much a lack of money, but a lack of days off. Too many weddings to travel to.

[Deleted]

That is exactly what we need to pay off debt!

[ryry]

Pay off my private student loan and then VACATION. It's long overdue!

[ijack]

Do all of the yard projects that I'm dreaming about

[starvingscientist]

Travel the world for a year without touching my savings!

[juris11]

Put it towards student loans.

I am boring.

[casmgn]

Vacation

[Velvetshady]

We should pay down debt.

We'd probably use it to finish our basement and do the needed repairs on our deck.

[thatgirl2478]

Get quotes for the more major projects we have (deck, make basement family room more livable, Master bath renno, new windows) and apply it to whichever we can finish quickly.

[victoria0993]

Pay of the little bit of what is left on my car. Go on vacation. Save the rest!

[kzoomaggie]

Build a nice deck on our house and then throw a huge party!

[sunnysideup]

Replace our gross old carpet with hardwood.

[mrshandy]

Go out to a fancy dinner and add the rest of it to our down payment fund.

[kelly072206]

1/3 toward vacation fund
1/3 toward new windows (boo)
1/3 saved toward new (to us) car for DH

[Deleted]

Use it on the remodel of the second floor of our house. And I could get the furniture I really want for the room when it's done.

[melmo1122]

finally get my hardwood floors. every time i save up something else happens that i have to spend it on (new furnace/ac, expensive cat surgery times 2)

[phunluvin82]

Pay off the last $1200 ish of our CC debt, pay off our lowest balance SL just for the hell of it ($1800), add maybe $1000 to our e-fund, add $1000 to our holiday/travel/vacation fund, and the rest to Roth IRAs.

[glynn2009]

New matress for us
New french door for the living room
Some landscaping for the yard
Split it between the 2 kids going to college so they did not have to borrow money