If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), time is not running out for you to Spend your pre-tax savings. But if you, like this humble author, let the calendar flip to 2024 without having used all of your cash, you know all too well the sting of a blundered healthcare budget. 

Of course, you can’t just solve this problem by filling your pantry with Tylenol, because technically that would make you a “hoarder” in the eyes of the IRS and your judgy roommates. So set a reminder to revisit this page in December, because if you’ve already read this far, you’re a total dummy and forgot to switch to an HSA this year.

Here are 6 surprising, but tax-code vetted, ways you can spend your FSA this year: 

1. A costume for your dog, with a doctor’s note. 
2. A costume for your cat (no doctor’s note required). 
3. If your bodega umbrella has been inverted by high winds in the last 10 minutes, go ahead, treat yourself to a $20 umbrella from Duane Reade. It’s tax-free.
4. Every single delectable puff pastry treat that is purchased on the way to work. 
5. A Game Boy that meets the following requirements:

• It must be the same color as the Game Boy you hocked in your school’s cafeteria in 2005. 
• It must be won on eBay.
• The winning bid must be cast between the hours of 12:00 AM and 1:59 AM (local time).
• The winning bid amount is too embarrassing to admit to anyone (IRS excluded).

6. Go see your goddamn dentist.

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