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oxfordtweed) wrote2010-07-10 04:45 pm
oxfordtweed) wrote2010-07-10 04:45 pm
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Well, that was Pleasantly Unexpected
Have you ever had one of those days when you weren't just expecting something unfortunate to happen, but you KNEW it would happen? I'm not talking about how we all "know" something bad's going to happen; that sort of odd paranoia that just comes from being an adult. I mean that you had forewarning of impending badness, and you knew you couldn't stop it, so you just scheduled it into your day.
Today was like that. I had to go out and make a purchase that I knew would overdraw my account. There was just no getting around it. I couldn't magically increase my bank account figures, and the purchase had to be made. So, I went out to the shop, knowing down to the cent exactly how much money was in my account.
And when I got to the check-out counter, I was surprised to find that part of my purchase had been on sale, and by just enough to keep me from overdrawing. I've got about $1.50 in my account, now. But the important point is not at how utterly broke I am now. The point is that I've actually got a positive balance and won't have to pick up an overdraft charge. I can live off $1.50 until pay day. I've survived on less.
Secretly, this is a good thing.
It's still way to goddamn hot, though.
Today was like that. I had to go out and make a purchase that I knew would overdraw my account. There was just no getting around it. I couldn't magically increase my bank account figures, and the purchase had to be made. So, I went out to the shop, knowing down to the cent exactly how much money was in my account.
And when I got to the check-out counter, I was surprised to find that part of my purchase had been on sale, and by just enough to keep me from overdrawing. I've got about $1.50 in my account, now. But the important point is not at how utterly broke I am now. The point is that I've actually got a positive balance and won't have to pick up an overdraft charge. I can live off $1.50 until pay day. I've survived on less.
Secretly, this is a good thing.
It's still way to goddamn hot, though.