bAd albert-an!?
Well.... friday was mail day for me.... actually i don't really have a mail day.... anyways! To my utter excitement when I opened my parents mailbox I found several lovely packaged brown envelopes, cheque style from the Alberta government! Oh gloriousness of GLORY! Ralphy cheques were in.... although i was happy for the rest of my familly i knew i wouldn't be getting my own $400 until the second batch of cheques in march-ish due to my own inhibition.... or laziness in filing my income tax on time. But I proceeded to my own newly acquired box anyways... to see if perhaps I got yet another lovely flyer from IGA or possibly.... oh oh, the source (oh high tech flyer... it has glossy colour print!) (p.s-- i never get mail; it hurts me really!) anyways... i not only found flyers but i found a letter... and a brown letter at that.... from the government.... cheque style! I was absolutly extactic! I WAS on time... im not lazy! So I decided not to open it until i got home... build excitement! (I get excited easily!) So I head home and brag to my familly that i didnt have to wait three months, but I had infact filed early enough to be a first batcher....
WELL!!! Feeling quite satisfied with myself... i finally opened the darn thing... but instead of seeing triple digits.... i saw.... in all truth and horror.... one digit! Yeah.... a whole $9.87 to be exact! RIP off deal.... is this some sick joke??.... am i really that horrid of a citizen of alberta to be jipped and cheated so harshly! GAH!... then i realize... HA... that its only my return money from last year... my hard earned IGA tax money stuff.....
Well i guess it'll be another three months until i get the real goods.... by then you all will have spent your money.... and i can rub it in your faces.... its only $400 bucks.... but then again... it IS $400.... heck yes.....
posted by *{-jules-}* at 8:38 PM
3 Comments:
patience is a virtue youg child...ha ha I got my $400 cheque and you didn't. Sorry that was a tad juvenille on my part...Yours too will come. What do you plan for yours. I payed off debt. Very unexciting but important none the less.
We also put Ralph's cash to our BC born debt. We encouraged our daughter to surrender some of HERS too. She eagerly gave over $200 and felt like a true bread winner. Not bad for a 12 year old.
I must say though, I'm surprised by my attitude towards people that are financially ok and running off buying stuff they don't need. I don't like how this makes me feel!
julia, you just get a little longer to mull the possibilities! i haven't spent mine yet, not sure what to get either. (i've got the 'prosperity cheques' on two of my blogs, this is a hot topic for us albertans!) um, and not to sound bitter or anything, but i never got a dime from revenue canada, actually had to pay them a fair chunk. enjoy the $9.87 LOL.
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