So I read the Feb issue of Real Simple on finances and read there were online bugeting companies who were trying to simplify the input proplems of Excel and even Quicken Or Microsoft Money. It's for people who can't seem to use these programs efficiantly (like me ) I read a lot of articles on the two it' suggested http://www.wesabe.com and http://www.mint.com Both are shown to have high security. Wesabe is an online community and you get tips on the items you itemize like under gas a like to suggestions will be there and you can click on it to read real people's advice. Mint seems to use other companies to give you advice which comes off a little to much like advertizing to me. I did Wesabe recently to help me prune our budget more and it took 30 or under to get it going, and 30 min to input my tags or categories on my account info. It uploads CC and bank statements, and as current as you input it, it's there automaticly to tell you how much you spent per day, or week, or month or per quarter - however you want. I'm thinking so far this is a winner for me. I couldn't get Money to work for me, and couldn't figure out to import my statements and found it not that user friendly. Wesabe I find very friendly. For my needs, it seems to work.
Now I'm just trying to get my food costs down. Food out here on the east coast is really high IMO. I went to an Aldis this fall and came out with a $70 Bill I have NEVER spent $70 at an Aldis in my life. I looked in my cart to see the culprit and found only normal food items I am looking forward to the farmers markets being in full swing of local produce soon.
The sites have high security levels. Link below talks about it. Also if you google wesabe vs mint you'll get a lot of links on the differences between the two companies. Mainly Mint is newer, and gives money saving tips from other companies that say they can save you money, Wesabe is an online community of real people who give tips that come up under your categories (click on them or not) so it's real life tips and not what to me feels like marketing tips from the description of Mint.
So here you go:
http://www.wesabe.com
http://www.mint.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20216273/
Now I'm just trying to get my food costs down. Food out here on the east coast is really high IMO. I went to an Aldis this fall and came out with a $70 Bill I have NEVER spent $70 at an Aldis in my life. I looked in my cart to see the culprit and found only normal food items I am looking forward to the farmers markets being in full swing of local produce soon.
The sites have high security levels. Link below talks about it. Also if you google wesabe vs mint you'll get a lot of links on the differences between the two companies. Mainly Mint is newer, and gives money saving tips from other companies that say they can save you money, Wesabe is an online community of real people who give tips that come up under your categories (click on them or not) so it's real life tips and not what to me feels like marketing tips from the description of Mint.
So here you go:
http://www.wesabe.com
http://www.mint.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20216273/