Did you hear horrified screaming earlier? If you did, that was me.

I have a budget. I adhere to my budget pretty strictly. I have budgetted $60/month for electricity. I based this amount off the fact that the prior renter had a yearly average electric bill of $58/month.

I just received my electric bill.

$116.86! Jesus Christ on a cracker...almost double what I have budgetted, and right before Christmas.

Great!