The Candle I Bought After Rent

Rent cleared at 2:04pm. By 9:17pm I had $14 less and one thing that was mine.

The Button I Stopped Reading

Rent lands tomorrow. I went in to move money and found last month's leak.

The Invoice I Finally Deleted

The moon had nothing to do with it, and everything to do with it.

I Almost Missed $52.99 This Week

Four payments came in over three days. Two of them made no sound at all.

I Didn't Fix My Phone For 19 Days

The $129 repair I kept putting off cost me $145 in wedding orders.

Three Sevens Before Seven In The Morning

My Etsy deposit came with a number attached to it.

I Bought The Ring Light Anyway

It cost more than my shop earned all month.

Canva Renewed Itself Again This Morning

Five months of the same $12.99, and I only just noticed.

The Moon Is Only Four Days Old

Nineteen percent was lit last night. The rest didn't stop existing.

Nineteen Dollars Showed Up On Tuesday

It came from my cousin, not a client. That part surprised me.

The Number That Kept Following Me

An $8 Venmo request, a $1,248 total, and what I did with both.

Nobody Sends You a Bill for Saturday

The tumblers can wait until Tuesday. So can you.

A Charge I Forgot I Had

It hit the same week rent did, and I almost missed it.

You Were Never Meant to Live in Lack