Last night Stephanie and I watched Fool’s Gold.  Not a bad movie.  It touches on history, which I LOVE, so I liked that movie.

I discovered something I don’t like about Redbox.  I HATE it when there’s a line.  I don’t mind standing in line, mostly, but when I am at the box, choosing my movie, I HATE having people standing impatiently behind me.  Fool’s Gold was kind of an “impulse” buy because the people behind me were making me feel like I needed to hurry.  That is one of the few things I don’t like about Redbox.  That, and they don’t have nearly enough movies.

On the way home, I stopped to fill my car with gas.  Honestly, I was kind of anxious about it.  The price has been up for awhile around here, hovering between $3.45 and $3.50/gallon.  (Yes, I know that is cheaper than where you live.  We’re blessed around here.  We often have some of the cheapest gas in the nation.  Doesn’t mean I don’t wish it was cheaper!)  Anyway, I kept waiting for it to go down, and because of that, by last night the needle on my gas gauge was hovering on the E.  Now, I drive a little Civic- a small car with a small tank that gets excellent mileage, a fact for which I am continually thankful.  But it’s been quite awhile since I’ve allowed the tank to become so empty, and I was expecting (in fear!!) that it would cost $40 to fill my tank.

I pulled up to a pump at a station selling gas for $3.45/gallon, removed the gas cap, put the nozzle in the tank, and waited.  Nervously.  Fearfully.

I almost cried when the pump stopped at $26.25 worth of gasoline.