Tax Time

Phew! My taxes are filed. I'm glad to be done with them for the year. If you haven't filed yours yet, get moving. You only have about a week left!

I filed my taxes using H&R Block online. As many of you know, my lovely Aunt Mary usually files mine for free, but I ran out of time to send them her way this year so I filed online. For those of you accustomed to having financially savvy relatives or friends do your taxes, the experience was little daunting; I wasn't 100 percent certain I did everything right. Still, it was very convenient to file, took less time than making a trip to the nearest tax place and included a computer-generated error checking system, which comforted me a bit. It was difficult, but I only filed a 1040-A. I'm sure if I had more complicated finances, I'd use a professional.

So... now that you're all filed, what are you doing with your double whammy tax return and tax refund this spring? I'm predictably putting into the savings account, which will be a nice bump towards helping me achieve my savings goals this year, but I'm sure others have bigger, more exciting plans (exotic vacations? new refrigerators?). Share them!