I hate this time of year for one particular reason. Ok, maybe two reasons, but the fact that the weather sucks is something I really need to come to terms with.

What I abhor the most is sitting on my duff for HOURS on end collecting, adding up, and organizing all of our receipts for the past year to get our taxes done. Every year I swear I am gonna be really organized about this and I set up my little file drawer with color coded file folders, tabs, etc, and it works great for the first 2 or so months, then the remaining 10 months out of the year every receipt my husband and I generate ends up in a paper bag in the closet...just dumped in there.

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