Poof! There goes the tax refund

Thursday morning, 8:30 a.m. Eddie and I were sitting in our accountant's office smiling because we found out that we would get a $1,200 tax refund. Just a few short hours later, the mechanic called about the GTI repairs (hood & windshield-- see previous post). He said that we could get the half-a*%ed job for about $700 or the full repair (best quality) job for about-- you guessed it-- $1,200. We thought about it for a while and decided to go ahead and get it done right. Ah, well. We enjoyed the refund while it lasted.