Ripped off

The problems in my life never seem to end. This morning I decided to pay my credit card, phone and light bills as well as change my address in their record. I logged on to cingular site and lo behold! It showed my current bill as $221.68. It were the charges for this month only, not any previous outstanding charges from last months. My heart came into my mouth. When I interrogated further I realized *the sin* I had commited. I had exceeded my alloted day time minutes(550) and was completely oblivious of the fact. So it is needless to say that I kept on talking thinking that I had enough. The billing cycle ends on 26th of the month and I had outrun my minutes on the 17th itself. Those 9 days accounted for 430 extra minutes and I was charged at 40 cents per minute.
Now the relocation itself had costed me enough from my own pocket and this additional charge by all means is a little too much to bear. I didnt want to pay it quietly, so I decided to seek help from the customer service at Cingular. The queue time was 10 minutes but I didnt crib this time. Luckily I was attended by a patient lady who heard my story that I had relocated in the last 2 weeks and didnt have internet connection to check my day time minutes. She agreed to waive 30% of the extra minutes but that still left me with a large amount to pay. I wasnt too satisfied, so I continued to request her to give me more credit as I have been a customer since 2 years. It did pay off, she extended 10% more and said thats the maximum she can help.
Oh well...I am surely thankful to her for providing some relief. Something is better than nothing.
But nevertheless I have huge expenses to pay off this month...
Please..please....please don't remind me that christmas, my sister's and my best friends birthdays are round the corner!!!