Expense Categories

Here’s two examples of categorizing your expenses.  Since using Quicken, I have a Main Category and Sub Categories.  So my Dining Out category has sub-categories (lunch, dinner, coffee). This helped clarify which meal time we spent the most on.  Since my husband loves coffee, we were also able to tell how much a month he was spending [...]

No Technology Finance Managing

A conversation with a blog visitor helped remind me that not all people track their expenses using a computer or finance program.  I’ve used Quicken for over 12 years to help manage our money.  There have been times where I briefly used the paper route way and I’ve taught how to manage finances without using technology.  It’s not worse than tracking [...]