Just checking in

I've been concentrating on my book and other projects of late, and so I've deliberately set aside my daily posts for "Indebted 2 You".

So what's up in my financial life? Well, I'm a week from my paycheck, and completely broke. I think I have about $40 in my work account. My sister never came through with the promised $100 check, which I guess I better just write off. I put a $14 meal on my credit card last night, and I advanced $40 to my Wells checking account to keep that from overdrafting. Overdrafting costs me $10 a day and goes on my Wells credit card, whereas advancing the $40 cost me 10%, or $4. I have about $19 of that advance left in my Wells Account.

And to be honest, I don't know if this is the month that my car insurance withdraws on the 12th or the 15th, and if it's the 12th that's going to cost me another $10.

Also, I think I lost my cash card. I have to go home over lunch and double-check for that, and if I can't find it, I'll have to cancel it(I'm on hold with a Pizza shop I was at on Sunday, checking to see if I left it there).

It doesn't look great, but it's honestly not horrible, either. Next month I'll have to plan for about $140 in gas with our new and improved pricing, but I'm also going to bike to work, so I hope I can mitigate some of that expense (also good health, environment, etc).

I've been eating at home a lot more, and when I don't eat at home, I try and have an inexpensive lunch (grilled cheese and soup, baby! $2.77!).

More later...