Happy April!

We spent the weekend at the beach & then hit the Easter celebration at my parents house on our way home yesterday. It was a gorgeous, gorgeous weekend, and probably the most fun weekend we've ever had at the vacation house. It was mid-seventies all weekend, and that's *really* not expected March weather in the northwest. We took full advantage of the gorgeous days!

Here are a few fun pictures from our trip:

March was a great month, but it got very spendy. We did stay within our overall budget, thanks to the dependent care reimbursement for childcare, but there were lots of categories that need improvement. Just to name a few:

• Groceries - we were up over $800 this month. Sigh.
• Eating out - up to almost $350.
• The house - over $1500, although most of that was the final payment on our door/roof repairs.

In awesome news, we finally received our 2011 tax refund (we owed a lot in 2011, but then had to repay part of a bonus, so we received some of that repayment back as a tax refund) - close to $5400. *celebration*

Anyway, the list goes on. We owe a lot in taxes in April ($13,600), so I would like to really cut back our monthly budget for the next few months to absorb some of that.

I'll be back soon with a recap of my March goals & plans for April! How about you? How was your March? What are you focusing on for April?