Ok, so I promised I would blog in the event that something interesting happened.... and yesterday, it did! So for the past 2 weeks, I've been stretching my groceries trying to avoid going to the store. Making use of what I had. Yesterday, I decided a trip was a must... Soooo off I went!
After walking around with a cart full of watermelon, arugula, pita, baguettes, cheese, etc... My phone conversation is interrupted by another. Since I didn't know the number, I hung up and picked up. Turned out to be some automated woman telling me all about how she could lower my interest rate. Blah blah blah... I hung up and then saw I had a text from a strange number... And there were the magic words,
"Hi, it's the fraud department, we see some fishy transactions. Are they yours?" My reaction... "Um, NO!" So I texted back no, and they texted back "Ok, card has been blocked." Ummmm....OK! Thanks technology for catching the crook trying to steal my money!!!! I immediately called the bank to ask what my next steps were... and the lovely lady informed me that indeed the transaction had gone through but had also been reversed, which meant... they had my numbers. Oh GREAT!!!
Soooo what next? "Well, we block your card and send you a new one!" Well, I'm kinda living out of town.... Sooo can you send it here? "Sure, no problem"
Ok, cool. That was fast... I was still standing by the cereal at the supermarket.... Oh shoooot! I don't have my credit card or check book... Nope. Just me and a cart full of stuff and no way to pay for it... GREAT!
Soooo I put back most of my things and walked out. UGH. I was sooo mad/shocked... All I could think was.. I should NOT have paid for my metro card with my debit card today!!! Thanks a lot grand central! Then I thought.. maybe it's from an online purchase. Ugh. Who knows!? In a way I just felt like my privacy had been violated, and... that I would have to trek back to the grocery store with my credit card. UGH. It had already been a long day! And also... having never actually used my credit card, I wondered if it was activated/worked. At that point, I didn't even think about the checks... I just thought... DARN IT! Why don't I ever carry cash!!!!
After getting back home I decided I wouldn't risk going to the grocery store and trying out the credit card. Instead, I made a decision. I WILL MAKE IT until my card gets here WITHOUT buying one small thing. No worries, I have checks and the credit card if I get into issues... BUT, I've made my decision, It'll be a fun challenge and at the same time, a way to appreciate how easy I have it. Everything comes at the swipe of one card. Seems a bit too easy!
So here I go, on my survivor challenge. As of right now, I have rice, pasta, crackers, a table spoon of goat cheese, Lipton tea bags, a frozen banana, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper, honey mustard dressing, some jam, vanilla ice cream, and a bit of cereal... Well.... that was until I went searching... and found some oatmeal, some corn meal, and a can of soup!! I will return them to the apartment owners after my card is in my hands, but for now! I'll make it work!
Tonight's dinner involved broiling some Alfalfa sprouts I had and eating them on my crackers, it turned out to be a hit! So no complaining here!!!
I'm kind of really excited about this, which is why I wanted to share!! Other than this, I have a CPA review book and a house hunting battle that is defeating me at the moment, SOOOO a challenge is fun! Call it a summer diet or whatever you want, but I think it'll help me appreciate what I have! And I'm pumped!
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