I guess I don't mail enough letters

Early last year, I was at Target and remembered I needed some stamps. They only sell them in rolls, not sheets, so I had to get 100. I figured that would save me a trip to the post office, where I almost never need to go. (In retrospect, I should have just bought them on usps.com; shipping is only $1.)

A few months later, the rate went up to 41 cents. The post office branches are notorious for running out of small-value stamps whenever the price changes, so I went on usps.com and bought enough 2-cent stamps to finish out my enormous roll of 39's.

Now, a year later -- two days shy of a year actually -- it's going up by 1 cent again. I will now have to put THREE stamps on everything I mail. Ugh! The change goes into effect next Monday, by the way.

It will probably take me even longer to finish up this roll of stamps because I've taken to paying as many things as possible with my credit card (and continuing to pay it off each month), because I like racking up reward points. Last year my flight to Vegas was free using reward points, and soon I will be partially furnishing my kitchen courtesy of Citi Cards. I'm sure Citigroup hates me because, aside from the fee they collect from merchants for each purchase I make, they've yet to earn a cent from me. :)