Finally Frugal

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The Tax Man taxeth.

Finally Frugal

I have no idea what led to the federal refund, although I changed my withholdings several times last year (my human resource office must hate me) so maybe I had more taken out than I thought I did. Part of this is due to the fact that one of my employers is finally taking out state taxes, which helped.

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Frugal fail.

Finally Frugal

New flashdrive for my teaching resources? Which, unfortunately, means that I have overspent in the 'miscellaneous' category on items that I wanted but didn't necessarily need (wireless mouse for my laptop? The rather expensive lesson here is that I need to keep up with my cash envelope system until such a time that my financial goals are met.

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Frugal decisions.

Finally Frugal

I do know it might take a couple of months for human resources departments to get all the details down so we may not see it until February or March. You can bet I'll be keeping an eye on my bank account to ensure that the funds are given the appropriate home (i.e.

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