I finally did my taxes today.

I OWE money! WTF??? Even with my little tax shelter upstairs and my brand spanking new Schedule A, I OWE money. Crap. Here I've been going for eight months or so, thinking I'm gonna get a big refund, and I'd have a thousand dollars or so to put towards my windows. I'm getting money back on state, so I'm actually netting out fine, but what a disappointment.

I've been panicking about the windows anyway, so I canceled them. Not gonna do it this year. I feel much better. It was too much money for me right now. I think I want to sit down and rework my budget before I do commit myself. I want to get a HSA and a Roth IRA in my budget, and not doing that before I spent all that money was weighing on me.

I'm a little sad. But at least Mindi won't be jealous of me yet.