Dwindling funds, dwindling mental ability, and dwindling attention span

I've moaned about this before so I'll keep this brief. If any of you poor people reading this are ever asked to do anything like this ever, this time say the magic line "not without a corporate credit card I'm not". Our budgets looked pretty good when we set out here. We had a reasonable allowance granted to us by the company, and I initially refused the corporate American Express credit card on the grounds that it's a charge card, and the whole balance needs settling on a monthly basis, no matter what the amount, and my faith in the company expense policy is particularly bad. However.. something needs working out. Myself and my amazingly patient girlfriend share a credit card, and to be honest it's now taking the proverbial. Numerous purchases for seperate USB hard drives, and more kit just to make this project work have left me with large bills and a balance on the card which needs repaying ASAP. To top it all off, I've been royally complained at by the UK management about my corporate cellphone bill, understandably it's huge.. but the threat of doing unpleasant things to me, in terms of communications etc. reached them to tell me to get a US phone.

A word of warning for those of you out there interested in US contracts on mobiles (god knows who you are but what the hell)... they're not cheap. They look it, but they're not. The monthly contract is pretty straight forward and a MUCH better system than UK (you dont pay for calls, just a flat fee which gives you thousands of minutes, if you use those up, THEN you pay). Where they do sting you though is "activation fees"... large unpleasant bills you cant avoid just to get the phone and everything setup. Given there wasn't much difference and I'd still have had to spend the money anyway, I opted for the stylish black Motorola V3 Razr, for the sole reason that I know my other half really likes them, and as soon as I get back from the states she can pop her SIM in it and that'll be her phone.

Project wise we're on track.. it's just the sheer volume of things you dont see which creep up on you. Hopefully September will be a better month for us.