#why isn't the universe giving me cookie points for being smart with my money

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This past week or so has just been so logistically frustrating, as if the universe just doesn't want to cooperate. And it's one of those things that you can't really complain about because they end up being such small matters in the grand scheme of things? But like, the way they've staggered up over the last few days makes me want to tear my hair out.

Like, I wanted to upgrade my phone to meet the requirements for my work app; couldn't buy it over the internet without getting into a new contract, so I called my service provider, and they were like, "Yeah, go to a store to just buy a phone without a contract," and I go to the store, and they were like, "No you can't get a phone without a contract at the store. So what you do is buy the new phone with a new contract here, go home, call customer service and cancel the contract, and pay for the phone's value online." So I was O_O wtf, but I ended up doing it. And then I go to work the next day, try to get it reimbursed like IT said they would, only to find out I wasn't qualified for the reimbursement because I apparently allocated my benefits budget in January all to the health category and not the "flexible" category. And the only reason I decided to get a phone upgrade *without* a contract was because IT said I could get reimbursed for a new device (and not the plan).

But wait, it doesn't stop there! The new phones they sell don't come with their own chargers and ear phones anymore. So I had to buy a separate charger from amazon. And it came and it was broken!! I wanted to return it, and got sent a return label to print. I have no ink in my printer!! Now I need to buy cartridge just so I can return a charger that wasn't working all because I got a new phone that apparently no longer comes with one.