Lacey in the City

Things I learned last night while doing my taxes:

• It's really a lot easier than I ever had made it in my head.  This was the first year that I have ever done my own taxes, as opposed to the many years I have spent handing them over to my mom or rushing to H+R Block on April 14th.
• When you live in this great metropolitan of New York City, you not only get taxed by the federal government and New York State, but you are also charged an additional 4% by the fine city of New York.  That brings your state/city taxes to a whopping 11% total - the highest rate in the United States.  Oh, the costs to live here just keep on comin'.
• Thank goodness for my fantastic blog record keeping, because when I was asked how many days I physically spent in New York City in 2010, I was able to look through my blog posts to count that I spent an entire 87 days not at home last year, which meant that I didn't get taxed by the city for those days.
• Wine is necessary for tax preparation.