In Case of Emergency

I've been reminded - and would like to pass this on...

Have a stash of emergency cash available.

I used to deal strictly with credit cards, and sometimes would go weeks with hardly a $5 bill in my purse and scraps of change in jars at home...

Imagine if suddenly we had NO access to any of our money. What if there's an earthquake and the power goes out. for a week!

or imagine that some fraudulent activity went on and your bank closes your account while things get repaired - on a friday... and won't let you have anything until monday or tuesday... This just recently happened to a friend of mine - Washington Mutual froze her account on a friday when they saw her account's security was comprimised - but even when she went into the branch to try and talk to a manager - she still couldn't get any of her own cash!!!

So if you don't already have an emergency stash somewhere... start one. now.

and with all this crazy talk going on about the economy and banks being bought up or bailed out... it's a good idea to have some cash on hand.

just sayin.