Adventures in Banking

Two months ago my ex gave me a bad check. The account that my ex so royally screwed up is finally, as of Saturday, fixed. Yes, it took him two months to get all the fees paid off. And the bank was very nice to me. I called and explained the problem to them twice and they worked with me, and never treated me rudely. They charged me $75 just because his check bounced. That was before they even took his check amount back out and charged me for my transactions. So beware taking checks from people you don't trust. Even if you wait before using the amount, they will still charge you a ridiculous fee.

Speaking of fees, I have a rarely used account at a bank I shouldn't name. *cough* SUNTRUST*cough* I opened it in the first place for the $50 checkcard offer, while I was cashing a check I had been given from that bank. Every time I go to use the account, they piss me off. You can't cash a check for more than the balance in your account. You have to wait 48 hours to get your money if you deposit it after 2pm. Etc, and so on. It's just a hassle, and one teller pissed me off trying to say another bank had the same policies. Well, I have an account there too, and I beg to differ.

Anywho, I miscalculated this last time I used the account, and aquired a fee of $35. The amount of my mistake?? Three cents. Yep, three lil ol pennies. I emailed the bank, letting them know I generally take the fee when it is my mistake, but come on, 3 cents? That's a bit silly. I was informed that they could do nothing about it, I had to pay the fee. Well that pissed me off, I've never had a fee at that bank in all the four years I've had the account. Give a gal a break. I replied that it was the last straw, I'd had it with their stupid bank and I was closing my account.

They refunded my fee the next day.

Today, I deposited three pennies and cut up my debit card.

Good Times

Brianna started Ballet last week. She loves it. And her little friend that left her school a few weeks ago is in her class! She was so upset when her friend went to a different school. I was sad for her! Dance is even more exciting for her now. And after class we go over to The Fresh Market close by. Last week we bought the most delicious apples. Honeycrisp. If you like apples, try them.

Things are still going well with the guy I'm seeing. He met Brianna a few weeks ago, and the week after went to the mountains with us for a cookout. I like that he tries to include her sometimes. And she likes him. He took us to lunch last Sunday, then hung out at my place for a while. I asked her what she thought after, and she said she liked him and "I played with him." I think it tickles her that he includes her.

Mommy gets time off this weekend. Brianna is spending the night with my mom Saturday and going to church with her Sunday morning. My date's birthday was a couple of days ago, so I'm treating him to dinner and a movie. I think. That's the tentative plan, we sometimes change it last minute. Whatever we do, I will have good company and that's more important than what you are doing. I used to think the last minute changes in plans were what irritated me. Now I know it was the company.

So funny, yet so true...

I owe, I owe so off to work I go.

A couple of weeks ago I was looking through some paperwork at work. Something caught my eye, but I wasn't sure if I saw what I thought I saw. Sorry I have to be so vague. Well I mentioned to my boss that maybe he should check what I saw out. Two weeks later the bookkeeper was let go.

So now I have her job as well as mine. Not totally, the boss and I both work on it. I like it that way, two pairs of eyes are more likely to catch a mistake than one. So now I do accounting, HR, and the small bit of IT a small company needs. I am busy and loving it. Things were so slow before, I was worried about my job. Now I'm not.

I Luvs Halloween

Its early, I know, but stores have stuff out already and I got this new polish. I didn't take a picture, but found one on the web. Here's a link, I don't have the black, just the red. It's called "bloodshed".

I luvs Halloween. :)


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