it's true what they say
So all this week I've been freaking out about finances. Partly due to the raise I was promised, (but won't be getting), and started budgeting for, but mostly due to the outrageous $78 gas bill I got. I hadn't even turned on my heat yet, and the bill was $78!!! How could that be...I had no idea, but I started freaking out. I haven't turned on the heat once, despite the white flakes beginning to fall outside and sometimes being able to see my breath inside my apartment...all because I thought I would die having to pay my bill.
Tonight, I realized it was because I was still paying off portions of my setup fee. In all reality, the actual bill was only $16. What a relief. I almost started laughing at how ridiculous it was that I'd thought my bill was $78 from just using more hot water than usual (it's heated by gas). Sometimes I lack common sense.
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I changed my car plates over to Pennsylvania today. It was satisfying, but it cost me $120. I felt it was a bit ridiculous, but apparently that's how the state of PA works...those thieves.
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Before changing my plates, I had to get gas. I stopped, filled up, and tried to crank my car back to life only to hear it roll over and over pitifully and then give up. I sat there in awe of the fact that I'd actually just broken down at a gas station, then got out and searched for jumper cables and a willing person to help me out. Thankfully, I am a young gal in a city, and before I knew it, I had four men without jumper cables also walking around trying to find some for me. We finally found a nice older gentleman that had this amazing thing that was actually a battery with cables that you didn't even need another car in order to jump start with. I was so impressed that I immediately went out and purchased one with the $40 I'd set aside for a printer on sale at Target.
Satisfied that I'd made the smart decision with my $40, I went to Target anyway to look longingly at the printer I would now miss the sale on and probably not be able to afford later only to find out it was out of stock...which gave me a brilliant idea. I got a rain check. A nifty neato little receipt that I can bring back weeks from now in order to purchase the printer (which will surely be back in stock as it goes off sale Saturday) at the sale price. I feel as if I've cheated the system...but I'm ok with that. Until then, at least I can drive around knowing I can jump-start myself at any given moment...or at least return the favor granted me to someone else.
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There's something wrong with me...maybe it's due to my lack of sleep and overworkedness, but I've been listening to Christmas music. Maybe it's the snow flurries today and me trying to find something happy and romantic in the frigid air outside, but it's been downright uplifting to me this chilly night. Granted, it's Sufjan Stevens' Christmas music, so it's not really all jingly and over-the-top happy, but it's just enough to make my cozy bed and purring kitten be enough for me to be happy about at the moment.
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I'm writing in my LJ on a regular basis again...how great is that?
Don't worry, you'll get tired of it again soon...now that I've found it's my outlet for the single/lonely-life times I find myself in these days.
Tonight, I realized it was because I was still paying off portions of my setup fee. In all reality, the actual bill was only $16. What a relief. I almost started laughing at how ridiculous it was that I'd thought my bill was $78 from just using more hot water than usual (it's heated by gas). Sometimes I lack common sense.
.
.
.
I changed my car plates over to Pennsylvania today. It was satisfying, but it cost me $120. I felt it was a bit ridiculous, but apparently that's how the state of PA works...those thieves.
.
.
.
Before changing my plates, I had to get gas. I stopped, filled up, and tried to crank my car back to life only to hear it roll over and over pitifully and then give up. I sat there in awe of the fact that I'd actually just broken down at a gas station, then got out and searched for jumper cables and a willing person to help me out. Thankfully, I am a young gal in a city, and before I knew it, I had four men without jumper cables also walking around trying to find some for me. We finally found a nice older gentleman that had this amazing thing that was actually a battery with cables that you didn't even need another car in order to jump start with. I was so impressed that I immediately went out and purchased one with the $40 I'd set aside for a printer on sale at Target.
Satisfied that I'd made the smart decision with my $40, I went to Target anyway to look longingly at the printer I would now miss the sale on and probably not be able to afford later only to find out it was out of stock...which gave me a brilliant idea. I got a rain check. A nifty neato little receipt that I can bring back weeks from now in order to purchase the printer (which will surely be back in stock as it goes off sale Saturday) at the sale price. I feel as if I've cheated the system...but I'm ok with that. Until then, at least I can drive around knowing I can jump-start myself at any given moment...or at least return the favor granted me to someone else.
.
.
.
There's something wrong with me...maybe it's due to my lack of sleep and overworkedness, but I've been listening to Christmas music. Maybe it's the snow flurries today and me trying to find something happy and romantic in the frigid air outside, but it's been downright uplifting to me this chilly night. Granted, it's Sufjan Stevens' Christmas music, so it's not really all jingly and over-the-top happy, but it's just enough to make my cozy bed and purring kitten be enough for me to be happy about at the moment.
.
.
.
I'm writing in my LJ on a regular basis again...how great is that?
Don't worry, you'll get tired of it again soon...now that I've found it's my outlet for the single/lonely-life times I find myself in these days.