Aww yeah

[crazymikey]

Well, it's tax time. I was expecting to be owing money this year, but my aunt, who is also my family's accountant, just informed me that I'm getting a return of $1235 this year.

This is fantastic news, considering I only got about $140 last year, and at this point in time, this $1235 is really going to help pay off some of my bills.

No toys for me. Free money to play catch up with. I'm actually quite stoked, because it's going to take a huge burden off me, so I'm feeling quite relieved.

That $1200 is going to go a long way to get me out of the hole.

I plan to put $1000 of it towards my debts, and the remaining $235 will be purchasing a new windshield ($247 installed) for the CB, since mine is badly cracked.

Been a while since I've had some good news like this.

[buzz11]

You sir have your priorities straight.
I plan on doing the same..but i caught up to my bills already! lol so half goes to saving, and the other half to play with =]

[crazymikey]

Gotta keep caught up on the bills. I'm at the lowest paying job I've had in 4 years. My rent is what's hurting my budget at $600/mo.

I net about $1895/mo right now at $13/hr for 44 hours a week.

I was recently at $15-18/hr jobs the last couple years, so things are pretty tight right now. I literally cannot survive on any less than I'm making.

My credit card is hovering right around the maxed out mark, but I'm continually making payments, so a big chunk of the money is going towards that. Then I just have some other outstanding debts to clear up, which the rest of the money will go towards.

I'm hoping for a raise at work in 3 more months at mt 6 month mark. I just had my 3 months on March 19, but 3 weeks into my job my boss gave me a $1 raise and told me he was keeping me, so I got my 3 months at my 3 weeks lol.

I love my job, so even though the pay isn't the best right now, my job keeps me sane and I enjoy putting the effort in, so it doesn't feel so much like work.


Pretty much sums me up

[buzz11]

sounds rought bro. I think you made an earlier thread about making money on the side..you should go through with that. Any money made on the side helps with other bills. or get another job part time. i got something on the side that helps with my gas money. its not much but 20 bux a week equals almost 100 a month and thats 1200 a year. doesnt sound like much at first but you probably already know that. A little goes along way.

[crazymikey]

Yup. It goes a long way. I don't have the energy to work a second job during the week. Hell, half the time, I come home from work exhausted and pass out by 7pm lol.

[cincy90h22]

... and the remaining $235 will be purchasing a new windshield ($247 installed) for the CB, since mine is badly cracked.

Holy crap dude.. I just had one put in this morning, $165 installed.

[crazymikey]

Yeah this is Canada. The $200+ mark is cheap for a windshield.

We had one replaced in a brand new Mitsubishi RVR (Outlander Sport) and it was like $1100.

[Clean_4th gen]

Woah, too steep. I had my CB7 windshield replaced for $80(installed).

In FL if you have full coverage insurance replaces it for free.

[HenRoc]

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[crazymikey]

Well that's much better than this

[wed3k]

sounds rought bro. I think you made an earlier thread about making money on the side..you should go through with that. Any money made on the side helps with other bills. or get another job part time. i got something on the side that helps with my gas money. its not much but 20 bux a week equals almost 100 a month and thats 1200 a year. doesnt sound like much at first but you probably already know that. A little goes along way.

i work two jobs, 6 days a week and one of my bosses sometimes pays for my lunch. it kind of adds up but it's nice when i don't have to count on forking money for lunch twice a week until i spend 10 dollars on a lunch on the other days,

[Honda_Lady]

OP congrats on getting taxes back. glad something is going good for you so you can catch up on some bills

Woah, too steep. I had my CB7 windshield replaced for $80(installed).

In FL if you have full coverage insurance replaces it for free.

too bad i can't afford full coverage because i have 2 cracks in my windshield. one is repairable, the other is not.

[Accrdwgnguy]

Somehow I claimed the right amount this year, I owed $15 to the gov't but I got $700 back for a class I took. Full reimbursment, IN YO FACE