which direction to take?

Very good. Thanks for clarifying.

No problem!

As for the list, if you need to wait on any of the stuff because of cost the first thing I would wait on is the sway bar. Not that it won't make a big difference, but because you can add it after you have the car aligned without screwing up the alignment. And you're already going to notice a big improvement in handling with the 1.03" bars, new bushings and alignment.

Same goes for the shocks. Now, if you wait on the shocks you may not be nearly as impressed with the ride quality you get with those 1.03" bars. It won't be terrible (probably still better than what you've got now!), but larger bars need better shocks to maintain ride quality. But if finances are tight those are the things you could put off without having to go back later and have another alignment done or tear apart suspension work that you already did.