As you may be able to guess, Chuck and I are getting along quite nicely. With free bill pay, no minimums, ATM fee rebates, AND an interest rate that is ten times what Commerce gives me for a savings account (planning on closing that one Monday!), I think I have a bank that I can [...]
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Gentlemen… Behold! The Change Box!
Yesterday it dawned on me: I am collecting change in a change box and I might have enough to buy this ridiculous best of Scooter (shut UP) album on iTunes if I hit up a Coinstar. So I counted my change… and I’m about $1.10 short. Oh well. I’m close. Next shopping trip or two [...]
Rocking the Cash Budget
Tomorrow it will be September. A new month. August was three paycheck month, which wasn’t bad except those last couple weeks… things got a little tight but I survived. I put a big chunk of my extra paycheck in savings, so I was right on the edge close to the end there… but all went [...]
Breaking Up is Hard To Do…
… especially when you’re breaking up with your bank.
Our relationship started innocently enough. I was young. My parents approved of him. He was local. It was a lovely, rosy time.
But then things got a little tougher. First, ATMs started charging me fees, so I had to find his ATMs, which were suprisingly hard to come [...]
Budget Analysis: Food
Good news! It turns out I’ve actually been under my original food budget the last two months. Isn’t that so awesome? I had an original budget of $300 when I was making the move out plan. That number is high because it includes eating out, which I do about every couple weeks. I’m trying to [...]