I checked my bank balance this morning, as is my custom when I’m feeling a bit anxious and need a number to grab hold of.
I had £685.18.
Not too bad, considering it’s January, and I normally spend about a million pounds on Christmas. The rent has to come out still, but hey ho, not so bad.
And then I looked at that bit underneath that says ‘pending transactions’ – the things you’ve bought already, but just haven’t come out of your account.
They came to £664. 38.
Oh.
I did a quick(ish) sum.
I made it £20.80.
Not so cool.