Doing the right thing

Anyone who knows me well knows that I am absolutely positively horrific when it comes to dealing with money. I could go on and on about all the money we've stupidly spent over the years... it's quite depressing really. 
Today we got our tax returns. As per usual it was a sizable amount of money. Usually Jacob and I take this money and spend it on all sorts of stupid crap we really don't need but want to buy. And it's quite frankly one of my favorite times of year because of that. But this year is the year of growing up and becoming the people we need to be...
So we took almost all of our tax return and paid off our car finally. No more car payments!! YEAH!! And we paid off our credit cards with the rest. Which means we're pretty free and clear now. The only bills we have are our month to month bills (cell phones, internet, etc.) and my student loans. For the first time in our life together we aren't going to have to worry about how we're going to pay everything each month.
It feels good. I definitely feel like a weight has been lifted from our shoulders. But I must admit, it's a little sad too. I had a lot of stuff I wanted to spend that money on! But we really don't need any of those things, and we're probably better off without them! 
So here's to doing the right thing!