Taxes...

[realsorien]

WOOT!!!

$1700 back from Federal, $455 back from State, $170 back from ptoperty tax, and that'll arrive in June! Yippee!

I've got 'em going over last year's return now, and from the signs I'll likely see another $500+ from that! If I do... I'll take the two years before THAT in!

Whee!

MFF is paid for. So is (likely) a new printer, and what little I owe on the credit card... And maybe even a new laptop. Rockin'. :)

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[foeclan.livejournal.com]

Another useful tactic is, don't convince yourself you need something you don't. Save your money. Keep a buffer in your bank account. Pick some level, say $500 at first, and never let it go below that point. Ratchet that up any time you get some windfall like a tax refund. You should have some money saved up in case of emergency. And no, a new laptop doesn't count as an emergency.

Sorry if I'm a downer, but you really do complain an awful lot about being broke, and then the second you have money you blow it on something you really don't need (heck, you don't technically have this money yet and you've already spent it in your head). Knock it off and start saving it or you'll perpetually be griping about having no money.

I can do that...

[sorien.livejournal.com]

But the cash I listed totals for I effectively DO have. The printer I DO need, and will be getting a <$200 HP in all odds. The laptop is a no-go UNLESS the other returns pay off. And the credit card... I HAVE to pay. I can't let that get out of control EVER again.

I can't rely on other people's printers when I need to print stuff, like the tax data I needed the other day.

But yeah, I do need to set cash aside and 'set it invisible'. And I can cut out the money-bitching somewhat. Funny thing is, it wasn't really money-griping in that earlier post- it was more about how every time I think things are finally stable in one way or another, something else happens to nail me one. :P

Re: I can do that...

[foeclan.livejournal.com]

You may want to consider whether spending $200 on a printer is worth it for the amount of printing you do. You could usually hit Kinko's and print stuff for a couple of bucks if we're not around, which would likely still be cheaper than buying and maintaining a printer (most consumer-level printers really are designed to fail within a year or two it seems :P). Your printer's been out of commission for quite a while, so it might be a good idea to think over how often that's genuinely been a problem and whether buying a new one is worth the cost. Paying the credit card is always a good idea, of course.

I wasn't referring to any specific incident. In the time I've known you (11 and change years now), you've often had money troubles, which seem to have been getting worse lately. I'm not saying 'don't complain', I'm just trying to help you get to where complaining is not necessary.

Re: I can do that...

[sorien.livejournal.com]

Understood. As to the printer, I've had a lot of stuff I've WANTED to print,but with no printer I just put it off instead of bugging people. I'm aiming for an HP this time, because the problems I've had all stem from the damned print head clogging up and killing it- HP's have the print structure built into each cartridge rather than the printer body, so you get a new print-head with each cartridge.