Maybe I am abnormal, but I look forward to every January to file taxes. Come the new year and I am foaming at the bit waiting for that W-2. This year was no different.
With our recent move to Germany, the expenses of moving, and a crappy exchange rate of dollars to euros, we are having to more careful with money than what we usually are. We try to keep our spending under control because we save all year long to buy plane tickets to the States to see our families and splurge then on frivolous items. It's the one time in the year we totally cut loose and do whatever feels good with our money. Looking at the end result, I have no problems refusing to buy silly extra things that I don't need throughout the course of the year. Then again, if I do find myself with a little extra cash it usually always goes to the boys and I prefer it that way.
Anyway, instead of saving our tax refund money, we are using the majority of it to pay off the balance on our car. This is terribly exciting to me (am I super boring or what?). I actually get a rush when a bill gets paid off. This will really start balancing things out better financially so we can get back to looking forward to vacations. In normal situations, I'm kind of a tightwad with money, so it will be nice to be in that mode for better reasons (like saving for those plane tickets!) instead of lame reasons like bills.
And I'm done talking about stupid money now. The end.
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