You know how I mentioned that I wasn’t going to be using any credit cards except my Upromise card? Well, I’ve actually been ok with doing that. What hasn’t been going all that well is the totally minimal use of the card that I was planning for. Its very hard for me to say no, especially to myself. The card had a balance of $20.50 when I first added everything up a few weeks ago. Now, its up over $150, which isn’t going to be good when it comes time to charge the auto-debits that come due at the 1st and 15th of the month. That being said, lets take a look at the damage:
Not so bad, right? The first 2 charges are the co-pay at the Doctor’s office, and the cost of my perscriptions for the never ending cough. Can’t really say I regret those, as I am feeling about a million times better. The $45.98 at Rum Runner is for alcohol I bought last weekend. I’ve been dying to try those new Starbucks liqueurs, and had gotten a recipe to make a coffee and coke float. So, I bought the coffee flavored one, the cream flavored one, and a bottle of Stoli Vanilla. It wasn’t until we got home that I realized the liquor store had actually only charged me for one of the bottles of Starbucks stuff, so I actually got something of a deal on it all. The Gulf Oil charge is for filling my gas tank. My car is both tiny and pretty good on gas, and since I take the train to and from work, I don’t actually have to fill it up very often, which I am thankful for. That tank of gas should probably last me a good two weeks. The D’Angelo’s charge is from last Sunday, when I was tired and lazy and hungry all at once, and craving a stir-fry chicken sandwich. And the Dunkin Donuts charge is from the other morning when I missed my train, and I bought BF and I bagels.
So, all in all, not bad. But, I really need to work on keeping the impulse fast food purchases under control. Everyone needs to eat, but its so much healthier and cheaper to not give in to my every impulsive desire to eat out.
