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Two Year Anniversary πŸ’œ

As another year comes to a close -- I'm just thankful that we have stability. A home. Somewhere where Little R calls OUR HOME! And OUR HOUSE! 

It's a pretty incredible feeling. 

I had an awesome call with Vincent the other day from SBS Blenheim. 13 days younger than me. Both Pisces. 

A quick, easy korero where he asked me my goals, my next plans and what questions I had. I was most interested in the upcoming interest rates and what I should do moving forward in regards to this. 

He gave me three options: 

I chose the 5.99% rate for three years. This was by far the least risky but also provided stability for the next three years. 

I'm still waiting for the email/letter to confirm this. 

When he said - Okay! I'll action this now. - I was in shock. The conversation was relatively quick and simple. Far different to the last one last year where I had to jump through more hoops as I'd still got lots more to learn regarding account conduct etc. 

I've learnt lots in the last year. Support from a lovely lady in Ōpōtiki. Managed my finances better. 

I'd also called earlier that day to request help with setting up a Savings Acc that I couldn't touch or see. It was simple as for Tameka! Absolutely adored her customer service and support getting it underway. 

She was surprised that none of my accounts were savings accounts. I'd been working so hard to save money and struggling as I kept taking the money out 🀦🏻‍♀️ but also there was never any interest accruing on the amounts I did have in there. 

So now I've set up an AP each week to go to the savings account and hopefully this will make things a lot easier to handle. 

Also -- with the change of interest rate -- Vincent said that I'd be able to save over $2k each year. $6k over three years is nothing to scoff at! 

Well done me for not giving up and to the SBS bank for your ongoing support πŸ’œ


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