We have all had plans to go to a store with the idea of buying one or two things and coming out with bags and bags of things. This happens to the best of us.
Holiday's can be expensive! You may think the 4th of July is an inexpensive holiday because it's not celebrated with gifts. But the average family ends up spending $318.00 on the 4th of July and Americans as a whole spend $645million dollars on fireworks alone!
In a rare case of preparedness - I had my taxes done by early March (even though we just mailed in the Idaho taxes yesterday...but we are working on baby-steps here!)