bill scares, aka 'gah, don't *do* that!'

Looked at bank balance, saw £104 pound bill from Orange, the lovely mobile operators and went 'aaaargh, *what the fucking fuck, I didn't ring the other end of the country that many times - didn't I just change my contract to make sure I'd pay less?' Ferreted out latest bill, stared at it in non-comprehension since there was this charge on it for the new plan, which said 'free 600 mins'. There were 300 mins accounted for in the bill for calls below that, which with that and the line rental added up the 104. See me go 'you charged me for that and - wtf?' Went to the Orange site to double-check the plan I'd signed up to, and still couldn't find any explanation. Eventually called Orange billing section to whimper and go 'wtf, explain please?'

Turns out Orange have this process to their billing, which is strange and odd. You pay the line rental/plan costs a month ahead. Any call charges on top of that are billed the next month. So it turns out that this is money I won't be paying this month. But still, way to give me a heart attack, you bastards.

Nano is like blood from a stone this weekend, really it is. I'm still ahead on word count, but not as far ahead as I'd hoped, given my progress last week.