March is Over...My Goals are Accomplished!

I recently made a list of financial goals. I wrote them by month and they are very detailed.

I wrote them on March 20th, so my March goals were pretty easy to reach since the month was almost over.

My goals for March were:

• Receive Federal Tax Return
• Open extra ING parent account
• Pay off MBNA $1200
• Increase Savings to $1000

I received my federal income tax return towards the end of the month. It was for $1200. I used it to pay off my MBNA card which was down to $1000.

I used a small portion of my return to buy my parents a present. They're pretty down right now because of all kinds of problems they are having. I thought a present would be very nice, even though it's no holiday or birthday. I bought them the first four seasons of 24 on DVD. They were planning on renting them, so it saved them some money.

I used the rest of my return for savings. I increased my savings to $1025 by the end of the month, so that goal was also met.

And lastly, I opened another INGdirect account. I called it "parents." I'm not sure what I will do with it yet, but I plan on depositing 1% of my salary into it monthly. I would like to save it until they retire and give it to them as a present. We'll see what happens.

I have my goals written monthly for the rest of the year, but I'm sure I'll change them a billion times.