[casterway]

I used to be a debit lover, and rarely carried cash. I realized lately, while looking at my online banking statement that I was nickle and diming my self to death with the card. $20 here, $14 there, $35, $57, and so on. Lots of little stuff I didn't really need, coffee out, magazines, shiny tools. The last couple of months I switched to pulling $100 or so out of my ATM on the weekend, and this (and sometimes less) gets me through to the following weekend, covering food, gas and a little entertainment. I sure noticed my bank account stabilizing.
For me these day, it's almost exclusively cash.


As far as the security...I don't mind being scrutinized, after someone walked into a cel phone provider a few years ago with my name and social insurance number, trying to get a phone in my name. Luckily, they got suspicious, put a hold on it, and got ahold of me and confirmed that it was indeed identity theft.