Mint.com

If you haven’t checked this out already, the Guy turned me onto this Mint.com site. Is essentially intended to be the “Quicken” for this generation. It’s a free online service that helps track your spending by category – restaurants, travel, etc. It also has a feature which tells you how you can save money by switching your financial institution. It was a little cryptic to me exactly where those “Save $175” figures came from, and I don’t think I’ll be switching over, especially because the phrasing “personalized offer” scares me, especially online. Right now it’s just a Beta version, so it could get better… but I’ll be using it as just a personal resource to track spending on the small stuff. (Over $500 at restaurants for November and December!!! Yikes.)