What did you do with your first paycheck?

[Acylum]

I think I bought meat. Seriously. I can recall thinking "Geez, maybe now I can afford meat".

 

[Omaha Cy]

I'm guessing that back in 1992 my first purchase was something like 90 cents a gallon gas for my car.

 

[SerenityNow]

Only took 5 posts for "hookers and blow"...well done.

i don't remember mine, but it was long enough ago that there was no such thing as direct deposit yet.

 

[keepngoal]

No reason to create a religious debate. Keep it on topic.

 

[mywayorcyway]

I bought a $1000 foosball table. Wish I still had it.

 

[atlantacyclone]

Bought a 1979 Fender Stratocaster.... still have it.

 

[BikeSkiClone]

Probably paid rent and bought food. Barely. (first job out of college, after finishing an "unpaid" internship)

3 years later, working full-time seasonally in the resort industry. Probably won't be until after grad school that I'll find myself in a salaried position.

 

[RunDMCyclone]

Paid off the new laptop and TV I bought in the weeks between graduation and starting my job. Nothing too exciting!

 

[HoopsTournament]

For yourself or......

I had a one-year old son when I got my first job.

 

[illinoiscyclone]

Purchased one of these suckers.

 

[wxman1]

Bills and living. I can't wait to get myself a car I can be proud of and take people in...maybe next year. That is unless I convince myself to pay off more debt instead.

 

[EYEoftheSTORM]

Purchased one of these suckers.

Very good choice my friend! A good, and reliable 1911 is always a great choice when looking to purchase a firearm

 

[00clone]

Purchased one of these suckers.

Ahh, had to prepare for the move back home?

 

[Leidang]

I bought an Ovation Custom Legend guitar that I had always wanted.

 

[ClonesTwentyOne]

Nothing. Most of it went to bills and saved the rest.

 

[cstrunk]

Bought a 50" Panasonic plasma 720p TV that I still use and love over 4 years later.

 

[cyrocksmypants]

What I've learned is some of you got very good paying jobs immediately out of school or some of you had just had a lot to learn about budgeting money.

 

[NATEizKING]

Saved it for the down payment on a house that I bought the same week I was hired.

 

[colbycheese]

My first paycheck out of being an undergrad was a grad student stipend. It wasn't enough to do anything besides pay rent and help cover moving expenses.

My first paycheck out of grad school went towards moving expenses for moving from Raleigh, NC to Seattle, WA, plus rent (which is over twice what I paid in Raleigh!).

Also, I'm married so doing fun stuff with money is pretty much impossible.

 

[CNECloneFan]

I was a paperboy in Des Moines during they early 1970's. I started a "Floppy savings account" at the bank.