Comments on: How We Track Expenses – The Lifecycle of a Sales Receipt In Our Household http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html Save Money - A Personal Finance Blog By A Husband And Wife Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tina http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html/comment-page-1#comment-12552 Tina Wed, 16 May 2007 15:49:06 +0000 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html#comment-12552 I have used Quicken off and on for years. It's the 2000 version. Like Sun, I planned to keep up with the year's expenditures but didn't get past February. Keeping the checkbook balanced is enough for a busy mom. After Ken's post about downloads from your bank, I decided to delve deeper into Quicken. Back when I was introduced to Quicken there wasn't much "on-line" activity in my life; however, my 2000 version told me all sorts of options to get into. After talking to my bank, etc., I am looking forward to putting it all into motion. CAUTION--Quicken won't work with downloads with my bank when it's way too out-of-date!! I've had to purchase a $24.00 2007 version of Quicken and can hardly wait to receive it, load it and download from my bank. The major steps that this knocks out is awesome! Just categorizing will be simple! Our cash purchases are minimal, so almost everything will be accounted for with the bank download. Thanks Sun, Ken, and Not Made of Money! I have used Quicken off and on for years. It’s the 2000 version. Like Sun, I planned to keep up with the year’s expenditures but didn’t get past February. Keeping the checkbook balanced is enough for a busy mom.

After Ken’s post about downloads from your bank, I decided to delve deeper into Quicken. Back when I was introduced to Quicken there wasn’t much “on-line” activity in my life; however, my 2000 version told me all sorts of options to get into. After talking to my bank, etc., I am looking forward to putting it all into motion. CAUTION–Quicken won’t work with downloads with my bank when it’s way too out-of-date!! I’ve had to purchase a $24.00 2007 version of Quicken and can hardly wait to receive it, load it and download from my bank. The major steps that this knocks out is awesome! Just categorizing will be simple! Our cash purchases are minimal, so almost everything will be accounted for with the bank download. Thanks Sun, Ken, and Not Made of Money!

]]> By: ken http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html/comment-page-1#comment-10094 ken Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:44:25 +0000 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html#comment-10094 for steps 2 and 3, i use the weekly download from my bank to match my reciepts. data entry is limited to the purchase category. my weekly cash purchases are usually limited by my weekly allowance and allocated to personal small ticket items (burger king / vending machines / etc.) shopping with my credit card is planned in advanced to avoid overspending. shopping with my allowance helps to avoid splurging since i need this to last the week. for steps 2 and 3, i use the weekly download from my bank to match my reciepts. data entry is limited to the purchase category. my weekly cash purchases are usually limited by my weekly allowance and allocated to personal small ticket items (burger king / vending machines / etc.) shopping with my credit card is planned in advanced to avoid overspending. shopping with my allowance helps to avoid splurging since i need this to last the week.

]]> By: Around the PF Blogosphere: April 20, 2007 | The Sun’s Financial Diary | A Personal Finance Blog on Saving and Investing http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html/comment-page-1#comment-10016 Around the PF Blogosphere: April 20, 2007 | The Sun’s Financial Diary | A Personal Finance Blog on Saving and Investing Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:31:50 +0000 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html#comment-10016 [...] Not Made of Money shares their experience on how to track expenses [...] [...] Not Made of Money shares their experience on how to track expenses [...]

]]> By: Sun http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html/comment-page-1#comment-9973 Sun Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:02:52 +0000 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2007/04/how-we-track-expenses-the-lifecycle-of-a-sales-receipt-in-our-household.html#comment-9973 I was never disciplined enough to keep tracking all the expenses. I started this process last August and only lasted for about three months, then eventually gave up after I saw the expenses of the three months were almost the same. It's too just tedious. I promised myself to keep tracking at the beginning of the year, but didn't really pick it up. As a result, I don't do budgeting as well, :((. I was never disciplined enough to keep tracking all the expenses. I started this process last August and only lasted for about three months, then eventually gave up after I saw the expenses of the three months were almost the same. It’s too just tedious. I promised myself to keep tracking at the beginning of the year, but didn’t really pick it up. As a result, I don’t do budgeting as well, :( (.

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