The Annotated Bank Statement: “It’s Raining, Again, And It’s Monday”

by Carrie Murphy

Page 2 of 7 Statement Period 10–22–11 through 11–21–11
B 14 E A E PA 14 Number of checks enclosed: 0

Account Number: XXX XXXX XXXX
Ending Balance on 11–21–11 $ 445.82

Date Posted Amount ($) Resulting Balances ($) Transactions

10–24 127.81- 681.15 Super Giant #7 10/22 #000226603 Purchase Super Giant #774 Arlington VA

10–24 55.45- 625.70 Target T1431 T 10/23 #000936019 Purchase Target T1431 Targ Falls Church VA

(If you hate your life, you should buy stuff at Target. Because you will feel better, at least while you walk from the store to your car.)

10–24 30.28- 595.42 CheckCard 1022 Goodwill-Glebe Rd Arlington VA 24210731296207302600077

(Two vintage dresses for the Etsy shop you’ve been meaning to start. A basket for the dog’s toys. Some trashy Tudor-themed romance novels for guilty pleasure reading.)

10–24 30.00- 565.42 Cvs 01884 0188 10/22 #000254543 Purchase Cvs 01884 01884 — Arlington VA

10–24 29.23- 536.19 Petsmart Inc 4 10/23 #000071939 Purchase Petsmart Inc 442 Falls Church VA

(You’re too afraid to clip your dog’s toenails by yourself so you have to pay someone to do it. The dog sees you through the glass grooming window and yelps and yelps until you walk away. He comes out wearing a PetsMart bandanna around his neck, which you immediately take off.)

10–24 20.00- 516.19 BkofAmerica ATM 10/22 #000006630 Withdrwl Arlington Arlington VA

10–24 11.05- 505.14 CheckCard 1021 Cvs Pharmacy #2705 Q03 Arlington VA 24445001295100470807093

10–24 10.36- 494.78 CheckCard 1022 Northside Social Arlington VA 24055221296286588804702

(A single glass of wine.)

10–24 8.00- 486.78 CheckCard 1021 Impark 00790002 Arlington VA 24391221294200749100087

10–24 6.54- 480.24 CheckCard 1022 Northside Social Arlington VA 24055221296286588805139

10–25 96.74- 383.50 Check 136

10–25 14.18- 369.32 CheckCard 1023 Hospice Thrift Shop Falls Church VA 24073141297900013000028

10–25 0.82- 368.50 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 10/25/11

(You are slowly amassing savings with which you will buy a plane ticket to Utah and pretend to be a rock climber and a mountain biker and give yourself over to the wide sky that doesn’t seem to exist in Northern Virginia, everyone here cramped in their hot little cars, their souls all pinstriped and Windsor-knotted. It’s been two months living in a condo high above a highway and everything feels grey.)

10–25 1.80- 366.70 CheckCard 1024 Bonlook 855–718–1792 Qc 74537871298032533037995

10–26 8.00- 358.70 CheckCard 1025 Impark 00790002 Arlington VA 24391221298200749800021

10–26 4.05- 354.65 Glebe Market 10/26 #000632031 Purchase Glebe Market Arlington VA

(Two avocados, because they’re cheaper here than at the grocery store, and a small jug of milk. The day workers are speaking Spanish outside, waiting for a ride home. They think you can’t speak Spanish but you definitely understand guapa and rizada. You don’t make eye contact, and neither do they.)

10–26 3.37- 351.28 CheckCard 1025 Cafe O2 Arlington VA 24765011298206000000162

10–26 1.58- 349.70 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 10/26/11

10–27 426.80+ 776.50 Place of Employment Inc Des:Direct Dep ID:6XXXXXXXXXXXX Indn:Murphy,Caroline A Co ID:9XXXXXXXXX Ppd

(It turns out a master’s degree in creative writing doesn’t guarantee a job you like, or that pays well. Not that you ever expected poems to pay well. Not that the job has anything to do with poems.)

10–27 9.75- 766.75 7-Eleven 10/27 #000791968 Purchase 7-Eleven Arlington VA

(Swedish Fish and ice cream. The cashier asks if you want to buy a slice of pizza because you look like someone who wants to eat pizza. You shrug and shake your head, but he’s right. There is no situation in your life when you don’t want to eat pizza.)

10–27 0.25- 766.50 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 10/27/11

10–28 338.88+ 1,105.38 BkofAmerica ATM 10/28 #000009569 Deposit Hampden Baltimore MD (Checks)

10–28 21.34- 1,084.04 Shell Service 10/28 #000742038 Purchase Shell Service Sta Arlington VA

10–28 20.00- 1,064.04 BkofAmerica ATM 10/28 #000009570 Withdrwl Hampden Baltimore MD

10–28 15.30- 1,048.74 Whole Foods MA 10/28 #000656760 Purchase Whole Foods Mark Baltimore MD

10–28 1.36- 1,047.38 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 10/28/11

10–31 65.00- 982.38 CheckCard 1028 Sprout Inc Baltimore MD
24258021303980012987469

(Haircut from your favorite hairdresser of all time. She tells you all about her way older boyfriend and you hold off on bangs, again.)

10–31 53.84- 928.54 Super Giant #7 10/31 #000190719 Purchase Super Giant #774 Arlington VA

10–31 30.57- 897.97 CheckCard 1029 The Health Concern Towson MD 24435651303200182700547

(A bottle of activated charcoal in anticipation of the hellish post-Halloween hangover.)

10–31 21.20- 876.77 CheckCard 1028 Avenue Antiques Inc Baltimore MD 24431061302206931700131

10–31 20.00- 856.77 BkofAmerica ATM 10/29 #000007576 Withdrwl Royal Farm #33-F Baltimore MD

10–31 10.72- 846.05 CheckCard 1029 Johnny Rad’s Baltimore MD 24323041303577278013656

(Drunk with friends in costumes at a bar that has skeeball and punk songs. Shots you don’t buy, a vodka tonic, a beer for your boyfriend, and that one old Bouncing Souls song.)

10–31 1.67- 844.38 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 10/31/11

11–01 77.00- 767.38 CheckCard 1101 T-Mobile.Com*payment 800–937–8997 WA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

11–01 47.25- 720.13 Paypal Des:Inst Xfer ID:4Bv225Bcl9K84 Indn:Caroline Murphy Co ID:Paypalsi66 Web

11–01 26.21- 693.92 Target T1431 T 11/01 #000207609 Purchase Target T1431 Targ Falls Church VA

11–01 18.29- 675.63 CheckCard 1030 Alexanders Tavern Llc Baltimore MD 24013391304019983120875

(Crab mac and cheese. On your ticket, the waiter calls you “Glasses Lady” because you ordered a water, an iced tea and a lemonade to help ease you out of your hangover. Mascara from your matador costume is somehow stuck under your fingernails, tights itchy on your hot skin, an anxiety attack all the way down I-95 back to Virginia.)

11–01 1.90- 662.13 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 11/01/11

11–02 38.82- 623.31 Paypal Des:Inst Xfer ID:4Bv225Bg79B5Y Indn:Caroline Murphy Co ID:Paypalsi66 Web

11–03 13.73- 609.58 Anthropologie 11/03 #000207379 Purchase Anthropologie 4 A Washington DC

(You can’t afford a dress, so you buy a candle. You still get the boho-chic embroideryhead haute-hippie aspirational satisfaction, but you save $100. )

11–03 10.59- 598.99 Madewell #243 11/03 #000191753 Purchase Madewell #243 Washington DC

11–03 5.62- 593.37 CheckCard 1102 Starbucks Corp00075796 Arlington VA 24164071306355896354471

11–03 1.06- 592.31 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 11/03/11

11–04 17.45- 574.86 Cvs 01884 0188 11/04 #000959099 Purchase Cvs 01884 01884 — Arlington VA

11–04 9.02- 565.84 CheckCard 1103 K’s Deli Washington DC 24435651308286843600080

(Eating a sandwich because fuck gluten anyway and you’ll only be nauseous for a few hours.)

11–04 1.53- 564.31 Keep The Change Transfer To Acct 0546 For 11/04/11

11–07 206.65+ 770.96 BkofAmerica ATM 11/05 #000005582 Deposit Arlington Arlington VA

11–07 171.79- 599.17 Super Giant #7 11/05 #000442174 Purchase Super Giant #774 Arlington VA

(Materials for veggie enchiladas and beef stew. Expensive cheese because you like it, even though your boyfriend says it’s wasting money. All-natural peanut butter with that thick oil at the top. Other ingredients for other recipes so you can cook all weekend using the shitty pots and pans of the prefurnished apartment and not ever go out into the new cold. You’re quite content indoors, reading about the bosom-heaving passions of Catherine Howard and taking naps between batches of soup.)

11–07 60.00- 539.17 BkofAmerica ATM 11/05 #000005580 Withdrwl Arlington Arlington VA

11–07 25.00- 514.17 CheckCard 1103 Namaste Ventures Inc. 704–5029169 NC 24228991308702489808390

(Apparently, you’re still being charged $25 a month from a yoga website you joined in May and thought you cancelled after the one month trial period was over.)

11–07 19.62- 494.55 CheckCard 1104 Thai Curry Restaurant Arlington VA 24801621310980000425274

11–07 15.16- 479.39 Target T1431 T 11/07 #000548707 Purchase Target T1431 Targ Falls Church VA

11–07 8.61- 470.78 CheckCard 1106 Nfi*www.Netflix.Com/Cc Netflix.Com CA 24692161310000595803683 Recurring

(Downton Abbey. Watching Downton Abbey with the laptop propped up on the toilet while you take a bath and eat Swedish Fish, watching Downton Abbey in bed after work, watching Downton Abbey curled into a ball on the couch that isn’t yours, dog curled into a ball by your feet. It’s raining, again, and it’s Monday. Your throat hurts. You’re here. You’re awake. You watch.)

Carrie Murphy is a poet and writer. She blogs about food at Plums in the Icebox.

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