Yeah, that’d certainly be easiest in many ways. The downside, however, is that if she carries a balance on her credit card, then she’s paying interest on the stuff she buys for me, as well as her own balance. Admittedly it’s not likely to be a huge amount (300-400 dollars), but I really want to make sure she’s not out of pocket. I’m already worried about her trying to argue me out of compensating her for tomorrow (I want to either pay her money, or have her buy an outfit for her own daughter).
My tentative plan for the moment is to rush out to the bank first thing in the morning, and get whatever the daily ATM limit is in cash (say 300 bucks) and then have her take the card as well, preferably to use it if she shops at Kohl’s where the card-swiping machine isn’t all that near the cashier.