Tax Refund time!!!!

So Tommy's job is still keeping him employed however they are giving him between 15 and 20 hours per week if he is lucky. This has been going on for the last 8 weeks or so. I'm sure anyone who lives paycheck to paycheck understands how hard this is. We already have a hard time making ends meet and don't always make it. But then you add in a $300 paycheck instead of an $800 paycheck and we are drowning.

So I bet you can only imagine how happy I was to do our taxes this year! I am the tax prep person in our house and I do a good job at it. So about a week and a half ago we get our W-2's and I get to work. After an hour on turbo tax we get the magical refund number! And Tommy and I are thrilled to see that we are getting back hundreds more than last years return! And thanks to his job making sure he made $3000 less this past year than the year before, we even got a refund for low income. We are that poor folks. I know, it's amazing.

So we have been waiting patiently for our refund. The state came in the other day and it couldn't have been a better time. We are using our refund for many things but now have to keep it good portion of it for this time that Tommy isn't working at all. And this morning we check the bank account and YAY.... there is the highly coveted refund we have been waiting for! We are so happy that there is money in the bank. Who knows how long it will last since we usually have a dollar or two in the bank. We are thrilled to have money there that will be there for a short while at least.

Anyways.... it's tax refund time everyone! And this is the happiest time of year for us. We finally get back a little of what we don't have all year long. So now we just have to figure out the best ways to spend it and the best ways to use it. Good luck to us and to you on your own refund!

Love and Hugs,

Chelley