Aftermath

4/28/11

Parental Allowance: +$515

Gilt Groupe: $55.95

Chik-Fil-A: $9.38

And then the bubble burst. The payments will not show it on this date, but I can remember it easily. I nearly got evicted and had to pay my roommate's rent. That roommate no longer lives with me. My car insurance went up to $170 (!). My rent went up by an additional hundred dollars. I can no longer offer people whatever they like. After the credit card debt is paid, I will have as much money in my account as I did at the beginning of the month, just without credit card debt. And that is nice. Has anything really changed? My credit card debt is microscopic compared to my impending college loan debt. I have a spare room in my house and a lease to break. I also apparently subsisted on food from my work at Barberitos and Chik-Fil-A, which is not a terribly palatable implication. I have made credit payments, bought flashy technology, fancy clothes, meaningless candy, and all manor of other things that I will likely never give a second thought. My consumption certainly made sense at the time.