Starting around June, many Americans will see an extra $13 a week in their paycheck, thanks to the new stimulus bill signed Tuesday.

Wondering what to do with your windfall?

Here is a list of 13 things you can buy for $13 or less in Lancaster County:

• A pound of extra-large Gulf shrimp costs $12.99 at Mr. Bill's Seafood, 431 Harrisburg Ave. (Owner Tim Glatfelter says he would spend his $13 on three backfin crabcakes, which, at $3.99 each, would give him $1.03 in change.)

• A used, 19-inch Zenith color television set (which works!) was on sale for $12.97 at the Goodwill East Store, 2353 Lincoln Highway East. The store has used furniture starting at $1.97.

• A 10-trip bus ticket from Red Rose Transit Authority costs $12 in Zone 1, which extends from the city to Neffsville in the north and to Millersville in the southwest.

• A six-pack of Fat Dog Stout ale, which has a "toasty, cinnamon-like gingery" taste, sells at Stoudt's Brewery in Adamstown for $12. (Get your growler filled, or another six-pack of another type of "Big Beer," for the same price.)

• A tokay gecko costs $12.99 at That Fish Place/That Pet Place, 237 Centerville Road. This lizard is blue with orange spots, eats crickets and barks. (Yes, barks.)

• A woman's haircut ($10) and nail art on three fingers ($1 per finger) costs $13 from the students at the Lancaster School of Cosmetology, 50 Ranck Ave.

• A 10-ounce jar of Hot Fudge Heaven Sauce, made with Wilbur Dutch processed cocoa, costs $12.99 at Wilbur Chocolate, 48 N. Broad St., Lititz.

• A ticket to a Lancaster Barnstormer's game ($9) and a pass to the Home Run Harbor bumper boats ($3) costs $12.

• Spaghetti (with meatballs or sausage), salad and bread for two costs $13 Tuesdays and Thursdays at Caruso's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, 2719 Lititz Pike.

• Nine whoopie pies cost $12.51 ($1.39 a piece) at Willow Valley Bakery, 2416 Willow Street Pike. Varieties include chocolate, red velvet or pumpkin.

• Two tickets to a matinee (before 5:30 p.m.) cost $13 at Penn Cinema, 541 Airport Road, Lititz.

• 140 pitches from the batting cages costs $12 at the Lanco Fieldhouse, 1901 Miller Road, East Petersburg.

• An exterior car wash costs $11.32 at Cloister Wash and Lube in Lancaster and Ephrata.


Staff writer Cindy Stauffer can be reached at cstauffer@LNPnews.com or 481-6024.