more math

May 22, 2008

Called myself balancing my checkbook last night.  My credit union says that I have $22.53 more than my checkbook register says, even after accounting for pending transactions.  So where is this discrepancy coming from?  I found it by putting all my recent receipt amounts into my checkbook register and coming up with a new checkbook balance, before comparing that balance to the amount my credit union says is my actual balance. 

I would understand if maybe I thought I had more money that the credit union said I had, and the reason for the discrepancy is that I didn’t account for a purchase I made.

But this is different.  Surely I haven’t subtracted $22.53 more than I’ve actually spent.  You know, just for the heck of it.

*Sigh*  Not that I was planning on spending down to my last dime, but now I have to be extra conscientious about my spending, until I figure out what my balance actually is.