Citizens Against Price Hikes

Moneydance is getting some great reviews. You don’t get that with Microsoft Money or Quicken .. this will definitely be worth a try ..

[From Featured Download: Manage your finances with Moneydance]

I’m going to try out Moneydance again. I remember reading about Moneydance a few years back, and I remember having this image in my mind of a very committed programmer, a lone warrior, programming Moneydance from his home office. I liked that idea. Personal finance software shouldn’t be that hard. I also like the way [...]

I really want to know if and when Intuit release a good piece of financial software for the Mac. I really need to get off of Microsoft Money.

[From Macworld | Editors' Notes | Expo Notes: Intuit plans a rebuilt Quicken]

I found Moneydance again today. Written by a guy called Scott Reilly, he’s been working on this piece of software for over a decade. I’m seriously considering migrating my 10 years of data from Microsoft Money over to Moneydance, it if runs ok. It means I’ll be free of being attached to Windows, and it [...]

I’ve been using my mobile to call home quite a bit, and my Telstra mobile has been charging me a small fortune for the privilege. Although I can call directly from Skype, I do prefer calling from the mobile.
So I’m going to try out Skype to Go. They have a fixed rate plan at 4 [...]

What I’d really like to do is attach my receipts into Microsoft Money.
As regular readers know, I’m on Microsoft Money 2005, which doesn’t support this feature, but I remember reading that certain versions of Quicken will allow you to attach PDFs and images to transactions.
Not sure if the new versions of Money, the US versions, [...]

Damn, I’ve processed more receipts (downloaded from online credit cards), and now the gap isn’t as good as it was .. this month has been a shocker.
Teaches me to run a report before I’ve processed all the data !

I’ve managed to get rid of most of my credit cards recently. I still HAVE them, but what I don’t do is spend on them .. But ….

I do have an Amex card. It’s supposed to only be for work. If I spend money for something related to work, I’m meant to pick up the [...]

The debt graph hasn’t moved much the last few months.
It is falling, but not much.
But at least it’s stabilised.

My income vs expense barchart is still showing a monthly surplus. But it’s not as big a surplus as a month or so ago, reflecting the relaxation of spending in the past month.

Time to knuckle down and reduce that cash spending.