Why it's better to do taxes early.

Right now, I am typing from the brand new computer I was able to buy today because I did my taxes early. We were lucky enough to have all our tax information come in by the start of the last week of January. So I spent an entire weekend with all our tax stuff...including a year's worth of receipts since we were itemizing. And it definitely paid off. We got our refund direct deposited into our checking account on Feb. 6. How awesome is that? So this weekend, we were able to enjoy the spoils of all that early labor. Ahhh....I can relax now. :)