Receipt archaeology

Sarah showed up this morning with her laptop and a shoebox that looked like it had been through a paper shredder explosion. Apparently we’re both procrastinators when it comes to organizing financial documents. Who knew.

Receipt archaeology

Two hours in and we’ve created what can only be described as a filing system designed by caffeinated squirrels. Sarah’s trying to explain why she kept a receipt for a $3.47 coffee purchase from February while I’m staring at my own collection of crumpled gas station receipts wondering if I actually drove to three different states last month.

When you find that mystery receipt from March.

The good news is TurboTax makes this way less painful than it used to be. The bad news is we discovered I apparently bought workout equipment I completely forgot about. Sarah’s being very diplomatic about not mentioning that I clearly didn’t use said equipment enough to remember purchasing it.