Banks and Weekend updates

Thanks guys for the comments about the banks.
DH and I went and talked to every bank in our area to get info about their rewards program, to look at what types of plans were offered and to see if we got any particularly good or bad service vibes from them. I narrowed it down to PNC (previously national city), US Bank (DH had them in college-liked them but no branches by our house, now they built 2 new ones near us), and Fifth Third bank. DH made me remove PNC simply because Pittsburgh is in the name & he's a die hard Browns fan.....I didn't argue it was pointless. What made the decision for us is Fifth Third is the only bank that is near us in Ohio and also in North Carolina, and our 1 car loan is through them. So we're going in at lunch today to set up, we have things set up on autopay with Chase we'd like to let clear and we have direct deposit from work we have to get new checks to use to set up direct deposit. So my goal is 8/2 no more Chase. You can bet I already called corporate to give them an earful and let them know I'm leaving and file a complaint about the branch manager. They offered me a $20 Visa gift card as if that makes up for anything.

This weekend we went home to visit my family. My parents got tickets to a country singer who was performing at our local county fair, Billy Currington. I am not a country fan but my family is and so is DH. I attended because I'm a fan of Elephant Ears and Lemon Shake up lemonade. We had great seats, unfortunately it rained on us like crazy before the show(it was outdoors), they confiscated umbrellas....which I think was mean. So we were soaked through he played 3 songs then a lightning storm started so he cancelled.....needless to say it was an interesting evening. My mom was teasing me I should go buy a tshirt of his for $30 to put over my wet clothes. I informed her the cost was more than I was willing to pay. She retorted with "But you spent $5 on an elephant ear" I replied there's a difference between cost and value. I was willing to pay $5 for an elephant ear because I haven't had one in 4 years and I really really wanted one. So it's value was much higher to me than a concert tshirt that wasn't ever going to be worn except for the 10 minute walk to the car. I still think I made the correct choice......hmmm yummy elephant ear........craving one just thinking about it. :)