I was out of town this weekend and came back completely swamped with stuff to do. My apartment is magically a disaster again, my inboxes at work and at home are completely full, and I have to do laundry or else. But it was nice to get away and relax a little bit, even if it means coming back to a lot of stress.
One thing I did while back in my hometown was close my old bank account. I’m not sure why it was still open, to be honest. When I moved, I left my local bank for a larger, national bank. I loved the services of the local bank, but I wanted to have ATM access in the city where I lived. That account sat open and unused for three years. Sadly, I had cleared out all but the minimum required to keep the accounts free, so there wasn’t a ton of interest earned – plus I’ve been checking in on the account every month when doing my Net Worth update, so there were no fun surprises. That’s the downside to keeping a close eye on your money – you aren’t pleasantly surprised when things have grown more than you thought. On the other hand, there are no negative surprises either, so I guess it’s worth it.
I just noticed that Mint.com now has an Android application, so one of the things I want to do today (once I get everything else checked off my list) is check that out. Anyone using that?
I recently downloaded the Mint app, and while I haven’t used it a lot, it seems well designed. It gives a nice overview when you open it up. I suspect that for people who are hardcore Mint users, it’ll be even awesomer–I’m not a huge Mint user anyhow, but have found the app handy.
I do worry, some, that if I were to lose my phone, someone could easily access my Mint account, but the convenience outweighs the worry, for me. (I suspect you could tell it not to save your password, too, I’m just lazy and haven’t bothered to look for that setting.)
My apartment is magically a disaster too. I don’t even know how it happens! All of a sudden it just looks awful!