First paycheck!

[InverseHellion]

My first paycheque... I bought a bunch of White Wolf gaming manuals, and lunch.

...who geek me? no never!

[Arcade Man D]

Video Games and Magic: The Gathering cards.

[Melxb]

I :heart: Oingo Boingo! The Dead Man's Party album is always a main stay in my music collection.

Even now.

*puts on headphones and blasts No One Lives Forever*

TOTALLY OT: Oingo Boingo played at my high school's multi-purpose room waaaaaaaaay back before they were even Oingo Boingo in the early 70's. I used to think it was a weird urban legend until we found real pictures of them playing in my yearbook class and some ripped tickets in a box labelled "miscellaneous." Apparently, tickets were $5.00 each, and included PTA chaperones at the door (this was mentioned on the ticket stubs). I didn't think it was real until I SAW THE PICTURES MYSELF!!! I instantly thought my high school was cool after that!

[Becks]

A few Beanie Babies and some other stuff.

[NightAngel]

I dropped out of school when I was 15 and was too young to be hired on at a "real job". I placed an ad in the paper and opened my own house cleaning business. I had about 10-15 regular weekly/biweekly clients and anywhere from 2-10 randoms on a weekly basis.
I also had two neighborhood kids I babysat a couple of times a week in the evening or overnight.

I paid part of the bills at home and had to buy my own clothes, make-up, etc. So, while I don't remember now exactly what it went to it probably wasn't anything fun. Which is probably why I don't remember.

EDIT for trivia:
The lead singer of Oingo Boingo is Danny Elfman. Yes, you know who he is even if you don't realize it.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000384/

[Sliceanddice]

Oh my first real pay check........ i bought gas, Sims unleashed, Black pants, sneakers and a book, i was broke soo fast, i only had enough cash left evenually to cover gas before my next pay check

[reformedwaitress]

I cried when I got my first paycheck because of how much the government had taken. Yes, I knew about taxes, but it's still very depressing and quite a shell shock the first time you see it in action.

After that? It went into my savings account. I know, I'm boring, but I was raised in a very financially conscious house. No credit card debt (paid off at the end of the month), no car debt (we pay cash for cars -- never had a car payment in my life), not even a house payment cause we rented, but that was the only kind of debt that would have been considered acceptable. So I never just went out and spent money on anything. My parents would have to convince me it was okay to buy things!

I'm not THAT bad now but I still have problems spending money on myself. I can buy things for other people without problems but me? Nah, I don't really need it, I'll be okay.

[Giggle Goose]

I also started working as soon as I was 14 and I probably spent it on the movies or something. Which costs a lot.

[NightRain]

First paycheck?
Erm, I worked all summer cash in hand doing filing aged 13, well under the legal age.
Just sorting things out by name into 4 inch thick books and binding them.

The cash all went on the repairs that where needed from a stupid 13 year old boy stunt.
My dad got the stuff fixed, but I had to pay him back.

[Dragonlover]

Books and CD's. I always make sure that the bulk of my first paycheck when I get a new job is spent on stuff that I want, mostly cos it feels good to wander around town and spend 300 quid on gaming stuff and novels.

Dragonlover

[Rogue_zero]

I think my first paycheck went into a savings account. Nowadays 90% of my income goes to bills and rent. And that's after working two full-time jobs.