If you haven’t heard about Mint.com yet, it’s a free site where you can upload almost all of your financial accounts and have everything in one spot. From there, you get reports on your spending and Mint will give you suggestions on ways you can save money.

It sounded like a neat program, but I’m a Quicken user and I’m very happy with using Quicken for my finances. I have a method that I have been using for years and it keeps us out of overdraft trouble. I’m also very concerned about security and having all of my eggs (account information) in one basket at Mint.

I wanted something that would help me keep track of our seven credit cards. I was logging into every account online to watch for activity and that takes some time to do. I have email alerts set-up with my credit cards and they alert me if there is activity, but email isn’t always reliable. I am trying to simplify my life, so I decided to give Mint a try.

Setting up an account was amazingly easy…. Read more (via Blogging Away debt)

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