A moment of bitching ...

This blog is about my gas bill ...
So 4 months ago I open my bill (which came late as usual) only to find out it was our 'settle up month'. No biggie. Sure. We're on the budget, which had been adjusted a few times over the year to account for rising prices. Imagine my shock when my total balance due was $403.14. I don't know about you, but I budget our money down to the penny, know when each and every bill can be paid, and pray we have enough for groceries at the end. I couldn't understand how our $130.00 budget could blow us out of the water in the end. I didn't have an extra $300.00 to send them. So I call to talk to a friendly representative. She informs me we make too much money for 'assitance' but we can set up a 6 month payment plan. Cool. So we pay our monthly bill plus an extra $67.19/month. Then we find out we can't be on the budget while being on the plan at the same time.
I won't lie, our bills have been high, but manageable. Until this month. Yesterday afternoon as I was sorting our mail and noticed it had come again (late as usual). Holy hell our bill is $337.98!
Now let me think back to the day when I called to inform them I couldn't afford to pay $400.00 in one month. Now what do I do? We're already on a payment plan ... and now we're strapped with this.
We'll figure it out, we always do, but it makes you go hmmmmm doesn't it?