Did you Donate Yet?

I have been sitting here for the last 45 minutes filing through my bank statements for 2007 trying to find proof of all the money I donated. It's for my tax return. While doing that it reminded me to ask you....DID YOU DONATE TO MY WONDERFUL CAUSE YET? Look to the right and you'll see my little blurb in red about the cause and why it's so important to me. Any little ole' amount will do! Here is a picture of the wonderful person that I'm walking in support of!

So in 2007 I donated $230.00. It really felt like more. I could have SWORN I spent more money than that! I guess I bought a lot of charity related stuff that doesn't count as donating.

For example: Those cute, yet expensive, little kids that come around during Christmas and want you to buy wrapping paper from them? I bought it. I frequented the http://www.choosehope.com/ website and bought lots of "Cancer Sucks" items. Plus I bought oodles of Pancreatic Cancer gear this year to show my disgust in the disease -- and my support in the spread of PanCan awareness.

Anyway -- those items aren't considered true donations and therefore don't get written off on your tax return. I know a portion of the money you use to buy from these vendors does go towards your a cause......but I do wish it would count toward the big picture!

**Trying to count pennies over here for the buying of the new home!!