We filed for out taxes on Feb 1st in hopes of getting our return back on Feb 11th so we could take a romantic getaway for our 6th anniversary. We did not have the money to do it without our tax return. We headed to H and R block and got them filed and we were informed that the taxes would be direct deposited on the 11th, exactly. This was not a for sure date, this was the projected date and the earliest date they would be deposited.
We had our babysitters lined up, hotel booked and we were ready to go. We were putting all our eggs in one basket, this was the weekend we were going to go.
I got on FB a few days later and saw a whole lot of conversations of people being denied of filling their taxes until later in the month of Feb due to the government whining about the overload of taxes being filled. Boo hoo government, don’t make us file then!
I had conversations with a lot of people and I started to worry that we may not get our money. I then decided that this was NOT part of the secret and going to bring me positive LOA so I simply just let it go and said “we will go and we will get the money,” shoved it off and did not worry about it anymore.
On Friday Feb 11th there was no money in our account and when I went to IRS.gov it said I would receive it between the 11th-16th. We still left on the 11th, with not more then $200 in the bank to cover the $179.00 hotel bill we would have, gas, food, and entertainment. Old me would have freaked out, cried, and cancelled the trip and had a horrible weekend! not new and improved me!
Both my husband and I just decided that we were meant to go on our trip together and left it at that.
We got to the hotel at 11:30pm, checked in and went to bed. When I got up at 6am to go to the bathroom I decided to call my bank to see if the money was in there and low and behold, we were $3,000 richer! We had the money and we were ready to have a wonderful vacation!
It felt good and we had a wonderful time together! We got to enjoy things that we would not have typically enjoyed if we would have not got the money.
I have to give Gatlinburg TN, well Pigeon Forge TN actually, a plug here. If you are looking for a very family friendly awesome place to visit you need to go here. Gatlinburg has a lot of shops etc but is very crowded. Pigeon Forge is only a 20 minute drive from Gatlinburg and it is like a Vegas for families! so many awesome family friendly things to do. You could stay there for a week and not run out of things to do. We will take out kids there in about 2 years when our youngest is old enough to enjoy it!
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