Last year when I received my tax return, I had many financial obligations and the money went to paying off these responsibilities.
I told my boyfriend that I wanted to get a new TV and Entertainment Center with the next years tax return. He and I decided this is what we would do. In order to do so, we budgetted every penny, we cut all those things we didn't need. We made sure to stay on top of our bills and were careful to not over spend, even if that meant going to 3 different grocery stores. We almost never ate out unless it was a special occasion, and no, "We made it though another Monday" didn't qualify as a special occasion. We even quit smoking, although that wasn't entirely for the financial benefits, but I do have to admit it's nice not having the budget money for those nasty little habit sticks.
One year later I received my tax return and we picked out a nice TV and nice Entertainment Center.
I'm happy that we have come so far from where we started.
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