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OK DON’T PANIC DON’T panic It’s only a VISA bill It’s a piece of paper; a few numbers I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?

I stare out of the officeat a bus driving down Oxford Street, willingon my cluttered desk It’s only a piece of paper, I tell myself for the thousandth time And I’m not stupid, am I? I know exactly how much this VISA bill will be

Sort of Roughly

It’ll be about£200 Three hundred, maybe Yes, maybe £300 Three-fifty, max

I casually close saw And there was dinner with Suze at Quaglinos And there was that gorgeous red and yellow rug The rug was £200, come to think of it But it was definitely worth every penny — everyone’s admired it Or, at least, Suze has

And the Jigsaw suit was on sale—30 percent off So that was actually saving money

I open ers hit the paper I remember new contact lenses Ninety-five pounds Quite a lot But, I et those, didn’t I? What am I supposed to do, walk around in a blur?

And I had to buy soenic eyeliner So that takes it up to£400?

At the desk next toall her letters into neat piles, just like she does everyShe puts rubber bands round thes like “Answer ient but respond” I loathe Clare Edwards

“OK, Becky?” she says