Christmas In July

Sometimes being dumb pays off. Or maybe it's not really dumb, just completely unobservant.

Almost 2 years ago I got a credit card through the store in which I work. I used it to buy my camera and a bunch of stuff since. I've been paying it off since I returned from Australia but never really looked at the balance on the bill. I hate bills or paper statements of things so I never really check them. I just put money onto the account and continue on from there.

Fast forward to recently. I've been making a list of things that I want but can't afford because they aren't really things that I "need". On the list: backup harddrive (500gb for like, less than $150 here at our store... thank you discount!), a waterproof housing for my point and shoot camera, a 50mm lens for my camera (so I can get those sweet blurred out shots and shoot in low light) and the new version of the lens I have on my camera now, but with image stabilization. The only other thing on the list is a MacBookPro computer, but since I already HAVE a laptop and have no REAL reason to switch, I've mostly abandoned that idea.

The other day I decided to check my balance on my store credit card.. and it said I had quite a lot of credit available to me... more than I had anicipated. So, when I was home over the weekend I looked at my statement and realized that I had overpaid the card by almost $900. Yeah. Thats how brilliant I am.

But, now I can afford all those things (except the computer) that are on my wish list. It's not like I'm spending money I don't have, because technically I've already spent it.

It's Christmas in July (though I guess it's now Aug) for Alanna... and she's going home tomorrow with all kinds of goodies. Whoot!