/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

For the first time ever I got a full brand set minus wrist cuffs. Don't even care, I just love the print.

>>8882207
Nice! Which print, anon?
OP here, I'm thinking about using the money to get some essentials. I need some blouses, shoes, and purses. I also need to pay off a $450 dream dress I put on credit a couple months ago, kek.

Blowing it all on a shopping vacation in Tokyo.

I'm trying to save most of it, but I've spent some reserving nameless poem in black and green, got some socks from AP's sale, got a corset from sheglit, and managed to snag pic related when I noticed it briefly came back in stock in my preferred colorway!

I'm trying to only spend half of what i actually need from my refund. For example if something I want is $100, I'll pull out $50 from my refund and spend the other $50 from my regular checking account.

I spent the last year digging myself into nearly $10k of credit card debt, of which my 1k tax return will barely scratch the surface of, so I don't get to buy any new goodies. On the bright side, I'm starting a new job soon and will fingers crossed be able to pay off my debt by next year. I'm ashamed to say that a good chunk of my debt came from buying lolita when I shouldn't have (the rest came from my SO and then me being alternately unemployed and still needing to eat).

>>8882724
it's good that you're being responsible and putting it towards that! you sound like you're on the right track anon.

Ugh. I finished grad school last year (May 2015), and stupidly made the final payment in December 2014 instead of January 2015, so I lost out on that $2,000 credit for 2015 and had to pay tax on my scholarship. My refund was like $1,100 instead of $3,500.

Whatever, too late to fix it now. I'm replacing my DSLR and buying a yukata set.

>>8882769
why is it like this, I fucking hate it
"sorry, you paid your debt off TOO EARLY so you're gonna have to go fuck yourself, thanks"

I already got my return and spent it! I always do my taxes asap...
Spent 400 in a day on make up from sephora and then went home and did a taobao haul and ebay haul. Got some stuff from Clobba for the first time and I'm waiting to hear back on my dress but my petticoat shipped and is waiting at the post office. Going to pick it up tomorrow before my doctor appointment which sucks cause my cramps are killing me.
I'm still getting packages from how much I spent lol. It was close to 900 in total I think?
Also got Milky Cross with the paycheck that came right after my return but that's already sitting in my closet.

Tax season is rarely this good to me.

I'm impatiently waiting for mine, I have one dream dress on a down payment, AND another one waiting for me on another second-hand shop.
Plus I have plans to buy other brand accesories but I need my money NOW.

My mom transferred my investment portfolio to me and didn't tell me that she sold off some stock to reinvest somewhere else and now I have to pay a capital gains tax. It's way more than what my refund would have been, so now I owe the government money. I am mad, but also feel like I can't be mad since I still technically have money in said investment portfolio. I was going to treat myself with that return though.

>w2 from old job never showed up
>huge anxious retard
>still haven't called them about it
I have a taobao order lines up but looks like I won't be getting that quote anytime soon...

my return is taking a century to get to me it seems, im keeping all of my fingers and toes crossed that the items in my taobao order don't sell out before I can get my ss to buy them tho

>Work at a super fancy elite private school for the hellspawn of the 1%
>Make way more than most teachers dream of
>School's lawyers have it set up in a waythatthe school is, for tax purposes, a "non-profit organization"
>Massive tax return every year for this reason

Just got $1100 check. Got my tickets to PCC, DragonCon, Walker Stalker Con and a few smaller ones. Finally pulled the trigger on two custom weapon comissions and preordered/paid off pic related.

I also put some in my investments, but the overwhelming majority was "treat yourself" money

>>8882885
As in that's your whole return? I got that working almost full time at Walmart when I was a teenager.

>>8882686
What is the brand and name of the dress, anon? It's lovely.

Gonna be an adult and put most of it towards my wisdom teeth surgery. If I have anything substantial left over, I might treat myself by getting some pants from Black MiQuri that I've been eyeing.

>>8882895
No that was just federal. State, the really big one, comes in sometime after March 1st.

>>8882895
This. JFC. Poorfags.

I'm also questioning how you paid for all that with only a grand, especially when Dragon Con tickets are over a hundred dollars by themselves.

>>8882906
State returns are smaller than fed returns. Good luck with that.

>>8882906
What state do you live in where that's the big one? I'm calling bullshit here.

Gonna have to do the adult thing and take chunks of it to knock down some CC debt, buy my kid a new bed, etc....

Maybe I'll buy a new nendoroid. But I'll at least buy my Nozomi wig.

>>8882914

The state of denial.

>>8882916

Got 2K back thanks to those military and joint income credits. Went back to paying off a 6k credit card debt. We're probably going to rack it back up a tad with an upcoming vacation, but I budgeted out a payment plan over the next year so I don't feel so terrible. I just accepted a part time job at my apartment office for 25% off rent, free water and electric, so that's an additional 500$ per month that's going to able to help pay it off.

A word of advice anons- it's no fun having debt and not being able to treat yourself, split it up like 35% fun, 65% paying off debt. You can still shop a bit, and feel a lot better knowing you just put a decent dent in your debt.

my mom said she was going to buy me fabric as a gift with her tax return but now shes saying its "only $50" and im like mhm

like either she fucked up rly bad or shes trying to lie really badly to me bc she changed her mind and is too much of a pussy to say it, because everyone ive asked about says theres no way thats possible lol

>>8882942
You sound underage.

>>8882944
yes no adults parent's buy them gifts

>>8882942
Important life advice (no sarcasm): if someone tells you they're going to buy you something or repay debt with their tax return, it will not happen.
Never loan anyone money who says they'll pay you back when they get their tax return, also. They will not pay you back for the hotel, ever. This is a universal constant in losers.

>>8882952
You type like a twelve year old and are butthurt that your mom isn't going to buy you something. If that doesn't reek of underage entitlement, I don't know what does.

>>8882942

A tax return does not need a max or a minimum. She may have owed money to the feds and gotten money back from the state, or vice versa. Iv'e had that happen to me and my tax return "bonus" was something like $20 after I finished shuffling money around.

Learn how tax returns even work before bitching about it.

Also, spell your fucking words, this isn't tumblr.

>>8882988
She's probably underage meaning her mom would have gotten a break for having a dependant minor. But the mom still could have claimed bogus dependants and went in the hole payment wise.

Finally paying off my credit card debt completely.

Months ago I realized I was digging myself into a hole with lolita purchases on credit... Feels good knowing I won't have to put huge chunks of my paychecks towards it anymore.

I'll probably take a couple hundred and buy myself something nice too.

>>8882895
idk huge tax returns aren't inherently a good thing. It's just money you've overpayed. I've heard people say that the closer to zero, the better, because you can use the money sitting at the fed and put it in savings instead. And make like $3 off of it.
But anon did write "massive tax return" and I don't know why.

>>8882942
>either she fucked up rly bad or shes trying to lie really badly
If my kid acted like such an entitled cunt I'd go out of my way to lie too

>>8882990
Tax preparer here, while it's not impossible, it's pretty unlikely her return was 1) an even number and 2) that low.

>>8883326
Clearly that was an estimation and if you claim additional allowances you won't have additional money withheld, making your return low. How do you not know this.

>>8883004
im 20 actually

>>8883274
idk whats entitled about someone offering to buy you a gift and then being really ashamed of admitting they changed their mind but ok

>>8882900
Sorry for the delay!

https://www.metamorphose.gr.jp/product/detail/12133

I only got $1.1k back for mine (shitty retail job, started new job beginning of February)

So I spent most of it on treating my boyfriend and I to small stuff. I have about $500 of it in savings still which I'll probably dump in my student loans.

Some cosplay stuff was purchased for our maybe Taric costumes? It was some general costume stuff. Worbla, Eva foam, some tools. I had to replace everything I had because my dad has it and I'm not on speaking terms with him.

Might be spending some of the rest of it on moving costs, new bed, new tv since we're moving in April. Really sad I didn't get approved for a nfm card so I could finance the expensive shit instead.

>>8883343
You're correct, and if you know as much as you're implying, you'd know there's not nearly enough information here to figure out how she got her supposed $50 return, and that what you said barely scratches the surface of her situation. >>8882942's mom is most likely lying to him/her but who cares.

>>8882942
You don't deserve gifts purley for being an entitled shit.

I owe the government 1000$ on my return this year. I hate all of you. :^)

my bank declined the direct deposit for my return so i have to wait longer for them to mail me the check. why doesn't the irs or my goddamn credit union know that dresses in the angelic pretty shop don't stay available forever, jesus fucking christ

>>8883391
>im 20 actually
thats sad
i thought you had hope if you were still 16

>>8882685
Same.
Though I should be saving $700 of it for school in the summer.
I also already bought shoes and a dress for cheap. It's kind of a blessing that lacemarket is over Saturated and now super cheap. I've been seeing jsk go for $70 for prints with little to no damage

Tax season treated me well.

>>8882942
Unless your mom is paying way too much into every month she probably is not getting a big return. I don't know anyone with a full time job that doesn't owe money at the end of year, actually.

>>8882942
Wtf is your problem. A gift is the gift-giver's choice. If she doesn't want to give you shit then you suck it up.

>>8885879
good stuff anon!

My first tax return, got more than I thought I would. Got some small stuff of Aliexpress and did a Taobao order which I just paid the shipping for. Also got two dream dresses secondhand that popped up two days after getting my taxes. The boz vest I just bought without realizing it, but I am excited as my Roland looks so nice and I hope the vest will fit me similar. I still am waiting on my state but I still have $800 left from my federal.

>>8885921
Thanks. I got a bunch more organizational stuff for my sewing room too, but I didn't feel it was necessary to post it all here. All I can say is God bless Ikea.

Mostly paying off credit card debt.

I have just enough to buy a dress that I've been eyeing. I should just go for it, but I'm feeling a little guilt about always buying dresses and not buying accessories to wear them with haha

>>8885884
It depends. I have a full time job, but I pay a lot of interest in student loans, so I end up getting a fairly sizeable return.

I love seeing everyone's purchases. Show, don't tell. I'm living vicariously since mine all went to bills!

Paying off my RSP loan

>>8885758
I feel you.

Just a few of the things I've ordered. I feel better buying all this since I'll be selling off a good chunk of it. Kenma was a preorder.

>>8885758
>>8887443
I'm going to owe about $800 too. Oh well.

I owe about $40
if you're just collecting a W-2 and no other sources of income you might want to change your withholding so you don't end up with a huge bill for taxes every year. it does mean less take home pay though. same with if you have a huge refund. if you're okay with that leave it be but if not adjust it so you have more take home pay per check.

I'm paying off my year of lolita debt on a credit card & a new one from a Surface Pro 3. I've had the same macbook pro since 2010 and I definitely need a lighter laptop to carry around.

>Got a decent chunk back
>Ah good, perhaps I can just put this in my savings, maybe pay off that credit card-
>Alerted to restock of Donut series

I should have just gone to bed. I'll consider it an early graduation gift as my quarter wraps up in 2 weeks.

>>8882201
This was my first time doing taxes and I guess because I only worked part of the year the US thinks I'm poor and is giving me all of the tax money I gave last year. I was not expecting to get $1,500+ dollars. I could put a thousand away for a new car and still have plenty to pick up my next cosplay wigs, a figure or two, and a few things for my kitchen. It feels good. I'm not used to this much money at once.

>>8885884
That sounds really off. I don't know if its drastically different from state to state but I work full time and always get money back at the end of the year as do the majority of my coworkers. I know they tax the shit out of my checks though, like $300 in taxes taken away per paycheck at least.

>>8885884

Nah brah. Unless you adjust your income when you sign your W-2 then you'll end up with the government owing you money every year.

Most of my colleagues and I expect a good hunk of money back this year. The only exception is one of our colleagues who opted for more money each month in exchange for a lower tax return or even owing money as he claimed dependents.

>>8885879
Good taste in dresses and raibus. Sasuga anon.

>>8891731
Arigato, Anon. Sweet Pana is all I need in my life.

Honestly I'll probably blow most of it on tickets to cons and hotel purchases.
Hanging with my friends more important than saving atm. That is, if I have to pay. My measly earnings usually mean that all I save for paying becomes my tax return, though I did pay five bucks last year and made more this year.
To top it off, my money was recently subject to fraud through a venmo account someone set up. Got it back but I'm still seething that an account that does nothing but hold money with no checks issued could get stolen. It might be time for a different bank.

blew all of my tax return at a con last weekend.

felt as good as i thought it would

>>8882201
>tax season

It's not even April yet FFS

>had a low paying part time job, so I'll get very little back.
>spent the first half on normfag clothes
>just got the second half in the mail this weekend.
>gotta spend it on hotel fees and badges.
Sucks knowing I didn't save the first half, and can't save the second.

My job is hella illegal, so I never filled out a w4, meaning that the amount of taxes that get taken from my paycheck is the highest amount possible. I'm planning on leaving soon, but the one good thing is that I get a lot back from returns. I'mean planning on splitting it between paying back student loans and saving up for Japan.

Only had one internship over the summer that paid 10k before taxes and a tiny part time job, somehow getting 800 which is nice. Gonna save half and put the other half towards useless stuff like dates with the gf and Bayonetta 2.

>>8899735
I ended up getting $1600 back from federal return (but I work minimum wage temp job + $10/hr part time) What's everyone's average return?

>>8882867
Was in the same boat as you anon, they sent it to me at the last possible minute. But I think they're past their deadline now, at this point you are within your rights to call the IRS and report. Either they'll send it to you real fast, or the IRS will give you the info.

>>8903928
~$2.7k
I only worked less than 2/3 of last year, but I used that money to pay for tuition outright so education credit thank heavens.

Used part of it to put towards tuition, a chunk towards cosplay, Sakuracon badge & tickets, Otakon badge, and buyf/a/g shit including my FotY.

I have a good solid $1k put aside to spend in Seattle, but I won't spend all that there so a chunk of it will go towards finally getting a passport & Global Entry.