Easy come...

[mis_creation]

Easy go. Really, really easy go in the case of money.

So, I got a little over $600 from taxes. I paid down a chunk on my credit card, paid for registration for Sirens (still not sure I'll actually get to go; it depends on if I make/save enough money/have enough credit on my card between now and then.

But, I paid off a chunk, paid a slightly bigger month's payment on the loans, which left me with slightly less than a hundred dollars. I figured I could go out to lunch and enjoy some sushi or something equally luxurious.

Aaand then I got a speeding ticket yesterday. It just figures, really, because that's the only part of my regular commute where I regularly speed more than 4 or 5 above the speed limit. But I'm not actually made, except the ticket seems a little high: $156, but I was going 13mph over. *shrug* You takes your chances with speeding tickets, and it's all about odds anyway. (I just can't mention it to my friend at work because she will rant for ten minutes about how much she hates cops and how corrupt they are and I'll have to really hold myself back from throttling her. Not that all cops are angels, but it's better than total anarchy...)

So, there goes a chunk of my paycheck this week. Which is okay, since, as I mentioned, I'd taken chunks out of my regular monthly expenses.

And I'm still going to get sushi. So there. Just not as much...

Comments

[dukerevolution.livejournal.com]

Man, I WISH speeding tickets out here were that cheap. I think 13mph over is about $300. And before you say "wages are higher in CA"... they're not DOUBLE what they are in CO!

[ayla-britestar.livejournal.com]

Nice tax return! You already got your money? That inspires me to get going on mine.

Too bad about the speeding ticket--that blows.

[musesrealm.livejournal.com]

d'oh!

Yeah, with the economy being what it is, speeding tickets are an easy way for the city/county to make money. 'tis the tax we pay for going over the speed limit and getting caught (kinda like how lotto tickets are a tax on those who are bad a math).

[mis-creation.livejournal.com]

I actually wasn't going to say that. I will say, however, that I'm not surprised, considering the amount of pavement you've got vs. the amount of paving we've got, and the posted speed limits and the amount of commuting people do. And just the fact that you have way more drivers so driving above the speed limit is more dangerous. (The cop was the only car on the road I got pulled over on for about five full minutes, and then we had a rush hour of three whole cars driving by...)

Of course, personally speaking of course, when my paychecks are, on average, around $270, $156 is nothing to sneeze at. In a normal month (seriously, the timing for this ticket could not have been better...) that would've meant I'd have to pay the absolute minimum on my credit card to break even.

[mis-creation.livejournal.com]

I opted for the direct-deposit route, which is faster.

Eh *shrug*. I was speeding. I speed all the time, because I know how fast I can go safely on those roads. My opinion and the county's opinion differ on that, however. It's all odds.

[mis-creation.livejournal.com]

*snerk* I like that. I'm bad at math, but not that bad, although sometimes I'm tempted just because "It could happen!"

Pulled me over on Bingham Hill, too. Grr. The only part of my route where I speed more than 4-5 mph over the limit (which is generally accepted).