I left the house only once yesterday, and that was to take a short walk to the mailbox. I was sending in a $2 payment to a Wells Fargo credit card I never use. I think I mistakenly used it for an Amazon purchase without realizing it. (Clicked on the wrong button.) I'm grateful that I got a paper bill, because otherwise I might never have realized I owed some money, and it would have exploded into a much bigger bill eventually, and a ding on my credit report.
I tried to pay online, but my previous sign-in information was expired, and it was so much trouble to sign up again I just gave up and wrote a check. It was so much easier.
Also difficult online -- ordering my free OTC benefit now that UnitedHealth has switched to Walmart as the vendor. The setup is clunky. You have to toggle back and forth between the UH site and the Walmart site. You can't see the price of an item until you are ready to put it in the cart. Prices are higher. (Price is important, because you have to know you will not exceed the $50 limit.) The Walmart site entices you to order things that are not actually approved by UH. Generic versions are difficult to find. Important information (like dosage and number of pills) is hard to see. In frustration, I emptied the cart and closed the site.
I received a hard copy catalog and order sheet in the mail when the new system was announced. I'm going to order using that today. Funny how ordering online used to be considered so easy. Now, with all the layers required by security concerns, and the obvious attempts to confuse the user into buying more than he/she wants -- it is so much easier to just fill out a paper form with a pen.
Now to 2020 resolutions. I'm not making any!
But I do have some changes I want to make. I want to try out yoga, but I don't want to pay for it. (Really expensive classes around here!) I'm going to try Yoga with Adriene on YouTube. She was on the Today Show this morning, and it looks like something I can do -- and at my price -- free.
I want to get the car paid off with $300 payments to AmEx, and then, if my lifestyle doesn't feel too spartan by then, I will direct the $300 to extra principal on my mortgage.
My dining room table literally fell apart yesterday. It was cracking, and a section fell off the end. Yikes! I was going to have it refinished, but now I think its problems are too severe, and it would be too expensive. I'm going to look for a replacement. Not online. I'm going to go look at real live tables and try to find the best value. Won't be easy, as I want to keep the chairs, so the table will have to blend in. I'm going to make this a mission! We have many furniture stores around here, and I have a lot of time.
Not Loving Online So Much
January 2nd, 2020 at 03:18 pm
January 2nd, 2020 at 05:40 pm 1577986833
Have you considered an estate sale for your dining room table? We bought ours with four chairs for $60 almost 18 years ago. I'm finally done with it now so I think we got our money's worth. I don't suppose you want a formal cherry table with two leaves and four chairs? 😊
January 2nd, 2020 at 07:50 pm 1577994631
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January 3rd, 2020 at 02:06 pm 1578060416
I'd also suggest looking for used. I bought a glass and chrome dining room table for $100 my first year of grad school (38 years ago now) and it is still in good shape. Most of my furniture I either bought used or from Ikea. It's not high fashion but it has all served me very well.
January 3rd, 2020 at 05:27 pm 1578072459
This could be doable, as I don't live too very far from you!
January 7th, 2020 at 08:37 pm 1578429425
I didn't make resolutions either. Maybe some "goals" but not resolutions because they don't tend to last. With a goal, I'll plan and hopefully keep up the good work.