Update to my daughter's cell phone saga:

She now has one. Her dad and I decided when she started middle school this year, that since she is taking a bus home, has to let herself in and call one (or both) of us at work when she gets home, it was cheaper to get her a Pay as You Go phone than to pay the phone bills we'd be getting in having her call us long distance at work every day from our home phones. So, she has 180 minutes that have to last until December 27th and then I'll buy more. If she wants to use it to call friends, she has to buy her own minutes. I have to admit that it is giving us peace of mind that she has it, just in case. She isn't allowed to give the number to her friends either. Oh! And, they gave her a phone number in a different area code so it's long distance for her friends to call her on it anyway. :)

Dee