Their Purchase Protection also covers theft so I've always made sure that anything I order online is on my Amex card just in case the package gets stolen. And, at least in my case, customer service has always made it easy to actually use this type of benefit. For that alone, Amex has always been worth price of admission.

I didn't know any of this information. I have an Amex card, mostly because I received one at Macy's, and it happens to be a regular Amex card as well.

Being knowledgeable and practical about these things is not one of my superpowers. I have a variety of cards, but I should take the time to review their features and choose more wisely. I tend to use my Amazon Chase card because I always take advantage of the percentage back.

My mother was brilliant with financial management stuff, and I am pretty much haphazard about it. I wish I had inherited that from her. At my age, I need to be more mindful of the enormous mess I leave behind for my family to clean up. Maybe this summer I will get my act together.

Being knowledgeable and practical about these things is not one of my superpowers. I have a variety of cards, but I should take the time to review their features and choose more wisely. I tend to use my Amazon Chase card because I always take advantage of the percentage back.

I have the Amex Blue Cash Everyday, which is a cash back card with no annual fee. There's a premium version that gives you a lot more cash back on gas and groceries but I prefer the no annual fee since I don't do a ton of grocery store shopping and don't buy gas at all. What I am learning from all these T&Cs is that on any given card from any given company there are usually tons of features, but you have to be really on top of things to take advantage. I just can't be bothered. Especially since I am never one to spend money to save money.

I don't buy gas, but I do a lot of grocery shopping. I really need to take the time to list my cards and see which ones do what. My physician customers pay me with cards to rack up miles. I don't fly enough for that to matter to me.

I have accomplished a lot today, except for work. I had therapy, went to the bookstore (it is so dangerous to have a bookstore in my neighborhood), went to the CVS, went to the grocery store, gassed up the car, did a load of towels, made the bed, washed the dishes, and baked a batch of egg bites and a batch of chocolate chip muffins for a friend who had knee replacement surgery today. Now I am icing my left hand and idly considering a cocktail.

Ooh, gold star day for you. Nice!

I... took the cats to the vet, washed the dog's bedding, and made an appointment for a job interview next week (different job from the recruiter call on Friday -- this one is with the actual person to whom I would report, so that's something. Just preliminary, though, via Zoom.) No word back from the Friday recruiter yet. Oddly, both are similar jobs and sort of different from previous jobs. Must be a constellation of experience or something. Good to know!

That sounds like a very good day! I am not sure whether I am jealous of having a bookstore in the neighborhood or relieved that I do not. Although when we first moved here there was a little used bookstore within walking distance and I was *very* excited about that! But they went online only and then completely closed not long after we arrived. Sad.

There is a bookstore just a few blocks from work and I still have not made it there. When I'm at work, or leaving work, I'm either too busy or too tired for checking out a bookstore to be feasible. I tried to go on a Saturday once but there was other stuff going on in the area and parking was too hard to come by. They are assigned to get the benefit when I buy audiobooks from Libro, though. I just assume that if I ever actually visited I would like them enough for that. I have a different indy bookstore in another town that's on the way to my parents' house that gets the benefit of my Bookshop e-book purchases. I have been to that one, and it's cool, Still a little too far away for me to just drop in for no reason, sadly. All that is right near here is a Barnes and Noble that I honestly forget is there most of the time and it's a short drive but too far to walk and the bus would require a transfer so would take a long time. The library could be walking distance if I wanted to spend enough time walking...

(eta that was Teppy's t]day I was responding to but Jen's day sounds very good too! Yay interview!

Hopefully I'll one day make a habit of browsing through B&N and local bookstores again. Right now I'm trying to retrain my brain by reading short story collections from the library. Quick video clips on YouTube have drastically reduced my attention span for entertainment at home and I'd like to reclaim it (though I can at least still focus when I see movies at the theater).

I met most of my friends here through the bookstore in our neighborhood (& they are basically why I met my husband). Go, Neighborhood Bookstores!

Ugh I was just getting ready for bed and they canceled my flight tomorrow claiming weather. Rebooked on the same flight Friday instead. Which is fine I guess. But annoying.

They are assigned to get the benefit when I buy audiobooks from Libro, though. I just assume that if I ever actually visited I would like them enough for that. I have a different indy bookstore in another town that's on the way to my parents' house that gets the benefit of my Bookshop e-book purchases.

Tell me more about this. I rarely read a physical book anymore, but I do audio and e-books only. There is a lovely indy bookstore near my son's place where they cuddle with the house cats, and the kids have made it a second home. I want to set up a system that allows them to benefit from my purchases. I didn't know it was an option.