Happy New Year!

[bluemoonphotos]

All things considered, 2014 was a good year for me: I finally found a new job, I was busy with my photography, we adopted a new dog, we went on vacation (though I never did get to go to the beach), I paid off two students loans and made significant contributions to a savings account.

Looking forward in 2015 I really can't say there is much that I

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[abnormal_apathy]

So, I asked the question to FB yesterday about what people use to manage their money and mint.com was the overall winner. I set up the account, linked my bank accounts and loans (which took all of five minutes) and then spent about an hour reclassifying the items that came through as "uncategorized" so that they would be in the right buckets. So far, I love it. It pulls in my transactions daily and puts them in the buckets I assigned, so I can see how much I have available for a given category (groceries, for example). I also set up a savings goal and am enjoying watching the bar move as I get closer to it. :)

[bluemoonphotos]

Thank you! I had heard of mint.com somewhere recently and forgotten all about it. Now I just need to stop being lazy and go try it.