Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track every single one of your expenses?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track every single one of your expenses? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 07:40:05 +0000 Sweet T on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-726676 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:15:23 +0000 Sweet T 726676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, but we don't really go out and buy little things between grocery trips. MrsH on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-726657 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:10:10 +0000 MrsH 726657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope. We don't track. tequiero21 on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-726034 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:22:27 +0000 tequiero21 726034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Most stuff. In qb. The only ones I don't are the lil things bought w cash. I record all the cash withdrawn, but don't apply them to an expense unless I know for sure, like paying for cleaning or gambling or something. Mrs. Pickle on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-723207 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:10:03 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 723207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. My husband made our budget using excel and we make sure it's always matching the bank statement. Bookish on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-723201 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:08:01 +0000 Bookish 723201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, I don't have a choice! Every dollar counts in our budget, to the point where we check in with each other before getting a 5$ lunch at McDs! It's a pain in the neck to have to track EVERYTHING, but it's what works best for us, and has kept us in the black so far! yourekindapretty on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722973 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:43:08 +0000 yourekindapretty 722973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ yep - the hubs itemizes and checks all our accounts (using mint) every night. rawrasaur on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722970 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:42:29 +0000 rawrasaur 722970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH does through Quicken. We also have a excel spreadsheet of our yearly income and expected expenses to help budget for the year. Alivoo01 on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722963 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:40:13 +0000 Alivoo01 722963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not really. I monitor our checking accounts daily and review our credit card statements, but I don't keep track of each expense as they're incurred. Plus, I have no idea when the hubby uses his credit cards until the statements come. I don't bother to check his transactions on a daily basis. ShootingStar on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722951 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:38:21 +0000 ShootingStar 722951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, I don't track it. I keep track of our fixed expenses to make sure we have plenty of money in checking. Everything else gets paid by credit card and that's generally around the same amount every month. Mrs. High Heels on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722893 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:14:14 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 722893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bluestriped bee: yea, i like reading people's comments too! it's helpful to hear how others do things or what they struggle with. Turd Ferguson on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722887 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:11:10 +0000 Turd Ferguson 722887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ha, no way. I'm sure the responsible thing to do would be to track...but not sure we ever will. mrskc on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722863 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:03:27 +0000 mrskc 722863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just started using YNAB in Feb and loving it so far! So yep, we are tracking every expense. birdofafeather on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722839 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:56:35 +0000 birdofafeather 722839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We've used mint for years and we love it! heffalump on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722838 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:56:28 +0000 heffalump 722838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope, but I'm sure it would be interesting if we did. Mrs. High Heels on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722835 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:55:52 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 722835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I should mention we try to use our cc whenever possible so we can track it. Anything we pay in cash we don't track, but we rarely use cash and its usually in small amounts so we're ok not tracking those. Smurfette on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722831 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:55:17 +0000 Smurfette 722831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope we are really bad about that. BSB on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722829 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:55:06 +0000 BSB 722829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. High Heels: Oh, you can follow YNAB on facebook? Cool! It will remind me to track my expenses. ;) looch on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722822 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:52:53 +0000 looch 722822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not to the dollar/penny, because I don't see the real value add for us. We do a budget and we enter in what we spent in the high level categories. We pay for things almost exclusively with credit cards to get the amazon points, so we have those records. Chillybear on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722812 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:50:49 +0000 Chillybear 722812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We each have our own "fun money" accounts where we get $100/week. We dont budget that but our joint account is budgeted to the dollar and i project it out 3 months with bills, savings, and debits like food shopping. chopsuey on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722792 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:46:46 +0000 chopsuey 722792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't spend too much so it's easy to track! StbHisMrs on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722783 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:44:23 +0000 StbHisMrs 722783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I bought YNAB a couple months ago and really need to use it! I use my planner to write down bills, and groceries. I have no idea what my dh spends, and that's what is making YNAB hard for me. HLK208 on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722780 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:43:51 +0000 HLK208 722780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @prettylizy: blissful ignorance, that's me! Lol. Just recently I have tracked what we have been spending since we are saving up for the down payment on our house but wow, it's stressful to see how much comes out of our account! Mrs. High Heels on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722777 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:43:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 722777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: If you try it, I recommend starting at the 1st of the month... And go to their site, there are a ton of valuable resources there and podcasts too. There's also a forum thats pretty helpful if you get confused about anything. I actually subscribe to his blog and follow them on Facebook, and it's helped me so much! Like Bluestriped Bee mentioned, at first I couldn't get my accounts to reconcile correctly (but I also tried starting in the middle of the month and that was confusing), but once I started over at the 1st of the month and figured out exactly how I wanted to handle my budget I was good to go. Ynab has already paid for itself a hundred times over in just a few short months! Ok I'll stop being a walking advertisement now. Boheme on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722775 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:43:07 +0000 Boheme 722775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, we use an Excel spreadsheet and do cash-only in envelopes. It used to be a huge pain but I'm used to it now and its like clockwork for us. illumina on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722768 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:40:22 +0000 illumina 722768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH went through a phase of using Microsoft Money. We don't do it at all now really apart from looking through our cc's each month to see why it's so high. Mrs. Bee on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722760 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:36:34 +0000 Mrs. Bee 722760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. High Heels: yes i knew there was a post on it! thank you! i am going to check out that app now! prettylizy on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722759 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:35:54 +0000 prettylizy 722759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH does. I kind of prefer my blissfull ignorance, though I do check our account balances often. We're less strict now that we have/make more money. If things tighten up, he turns into a stickler for every penny. IRunForFun on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722758 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:35:44 +0000 IRunForFun 722758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I try to, luckily my online banking site makes it really easy for me, I can break each expenditure up into a variety of categories and it will chart everything out for me. I can even do split categories for some things, like if I bought groceries and household items from the same store, I can split the purchase up accordingly. Sometimes I will miss a little something here or there if I used cash, but for the most part, I can track everything. The comparisons for each month are really helpful! PurplePumps on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722755 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:34:37 +0000 PurplePumps 722755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, I managed to keep up with it for about a year. Then I started to slack of and try to catch up every few months. I'm about 5 months behind right now. I just used my own excel sheet, and then opened a mint account. I still don't really like mint, so I just use it to search on a month, and then enter everything back in to my sheet. I do like that mint shows me everything in one place since we regularly use 3 credit cards and it was a pain to look up each one individually. .twist. on "Do you track every single one of your expenses?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-every-single-one-of-your-expenses#post-722751 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:33:48 +0000 .twist. 722751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I use to. I've definitely slacked off in the last couple years since getting married and joining finances. It was a lot easier to do for myself than it is to do for 2 people. Thankfully my husband has kind of started doing this for us and he literally takes account for every penny. ETA: he uses a little notebook (OLDSCHOOL). I use a spreadsheet in excel, but have not kept up with it and it takes a lot of work to update... ugh.