She's On the Money: Credit cards vs. Cash

I finally have a credit card that gets me rewards. Needless to say I've been taking advantage of that. In fact, I almost never use cash these days and I've even just about abandoned my debit card.

It doesn't help that I don't have a bank branch in the area.

But I realize just how lethal using plastic can be. I can more easily spend with plastic than I can with cash. And better yet, I almost don't even have to think about it. No counting dollars and sense. Just swipe and sign. Sometimes just swipe. But I must fight the temptation to use my excuse for plastic use--I earn rewards points. It's time to get back to good, old fashioned cash. It's almost as easy to spend yet there are set, tangible limits.

It is going to be hard to break this more recent habit. Sigh.

She Unit: Who cares?

How is that I am paying more for gas in the middle of the country in Minneapolis than anyone else in the nation? I don't get it. Are the high gas prices following me around? Or are they just trying to gouge a smaller pool of people now?

All I know is that I've never come close to spending that much money filling my tank in one visit. WTF?