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Jan 26, 2022    |       2 comments

My Favorite Amazon Reconciling Hack!

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If you are like me, you budget every. single. dollar. I’ve mentioned it before, I use YNAB to track my budget and it’s one of the biggest reasons I have my budget under control. It’s an app that works for me. Again, as I’ve said, YNAB isn’t a sponsor and I don’t think YNAB is for everyone BUT…I love it. It was a gamechanger for me.

One of the things I hate is reconciling my Amazon purchases. I dislike Amazon enough already (nothing against Amazon, I just prefer to support small or local businesses), but I do occasionally have to make orders from them. Sometimes I’ll do 4 or 5 in a flurry. I’ll order one thing, then remember something else, then remember yet another thing. Even worse, sometimes I’ll do one order with three items and get three charges based on the ship dates. It’s a huge pain in the butt to reconcile what I bought in our budget. All it says is ‘Amazon’ in my and I have no idea what category it belongs to with no easy way to figure it out.

YNAB sends a weekly budget tips and tricks e-mail and I get a lot out of it. One of my FAVORITE tips, the Amazon reconciling hack! Ready!?!?! On the top right of your home screen in Amazon, click the dropdown with that says ‘Hello *Insert Name* Accounts & Lists’. Under the ‘Your Account’ column, click ‘Account’. On the next screen, click the box in the middle that says, ‘Your Payments’. On the Upper left (white band that starts with Amazon Pay) click on ‘Transactions’.

You’re Welcome.

Enjoy the game changer in reconciling your Amazon nightmare.

Side note: if possible, do your local businesses a favor and order as little as possible on Amazon. Support local friends. Support local.

Jan 19, 2022    |       15 comments

The $220 Haircut

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Yeah, you read that right. $220. And no, this isn’t a ‘the haircut was $20 but I ran over a nail and had to pay $200 to replace the tire on my way to the salon’ story. The haircut was $220.

*Sigh* But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning.

I love my hair. It’s halfway down my back. Shiny. Red. Wavy. I get lots of compliments and I don’t have to try that hard to keep it looking good. Hubby still colors my greys and Great Clips still does my trims. All is right with the world.

Well. All WAS right with the world.

Then I got sick. I’m working through fighting the health battle and my hair is paying the price. It started falling out a little at first then recently, falling out by the handful. I tried Halo type hair extensions to cover the loss and it worked. No one could tell. But it itched, gave me headaches, and I couldn’t go for a walk at lunch since the Halo doesn’t like sweat…or wind…or joy in life.

I gave up and decided to cut my hair off. Long hair is forgiving, short hair is not. Since I was struggling with losing my hair, I really wanted to feel good about the cut. I researched online and found a highly rated stylist. The rate listed online? $120. Yes, roughly 10x more than my usual but since this was such an emotional step, I wanted a ‘good’ cut and color.

She did a single color and a fast cut. The bill? $220. I stared at her, open mouthed. ‘Isn’t it $120?’ I asked. ‘The COLOR is $120. The cut is $100’ she replied.

OMG friends. Seriously, the most mediocre cut and color that wasn’t applied as good as my amateur hairstylist husband was $220. I paid and she asked when I would like to schedule my next cut. ‘Thank you for your services but the price is out of my range and I won’t be returning. It’s not your fault, I should have read your pricing more carefully.’ She looked shocked. Uh, do normal folks have that kind of budget for a haircut?!?! Holy Moly!

Great Clips, I’ll see ya in a few weeks. I’m so sorry for ‘cheating’ on you.

How much do you pay for a cut and color? I’m super curious as to what’s ‘normal’. My Great Clips is around $12 but with tip, I pay $20. My hair color is Madison Reed on subscription and it’s $23. My hybrid DIY routine is $43 every 8-10 weeks.

Also, as much as it didn’t work for me, I DO recommend a ‘Halo’ type hair solution. You can get a great one from Amazon for $35 and they are real hair. They are great for bringing back confidence after hair loss. I just couldn’t do it for 9 hours a day 7 days a week. But for occasional use, they are super fun.

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