What on EARTH? December’s AMEX bill came in: $348.36.
Since I charge almost everything on AMEX and normally budget $1100 for all costs other than utility bills (and now, the damn car payments), this is a little startling.
Okay, it no longer includes the Costco bills…those are charged on Visa now. But lo! Here’s the Visa bill. $151.69???????
Total: About $500?
Seriously? At CHRISTMASTIME?
What the heck?
Well, the $285 that I spent to replace the two pairs of shoes that fell apart was racked up a day after the December billing cycle closed. And I got a smokin’ deal on my son’s Christmas present by buying it from Amazon on Black Friday. The gift is included on the bill, though. And even if you added $285 to the amount due, it would still come to only $785. By the time you add in all the other bills — the power bill, the insurance bills, the phone and wireless bills, the water bill, the cost of gifts for some friends, the $35 I spent at Yarnell for the hand-crafted crosses, total expenditures for this month come to less than $1500.
Have I been in a coma all month?
Or have I made some sort of bizarre math error?
Probably the latter.
But for the nonce, ain’t it grand?
Wow! That’s great. Keep up the good work, once you figure out how you achieved those results. ;o)