Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track yearly spending?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you track yearly spending? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 08:48:30 +0000 birdofafeather on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2680113 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:56:56 +0000 birdofafeather 2680113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, through YNAB. I'd be lost without it! annem1990 on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2680063 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 11:32:15 +0000 annem1990 2680063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes we track everything (down to the penny) on an App (I think it's just called Spending?). We started it two years ago and we love it. I don't feel like I can't splurge once in a while. It it definitely makes me think before a purchase. It's very eye opening to see what categories you spend the most on too! We use very specific categories - Rent, Utilities, Grocery, Wating Out, Clothes, Target, Health, etc. It was tedious at first but it's second nature now and so worth it to feel confident about how money is spent. ElbieKay on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2680031 Sat, 14 Jan 2017 08:59:54 +0000 ElbieKay 2680031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We track everything in a spreadsheet. Every few months I import all of our credit card and bank account transactions. MaryM on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679824 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:38:13 +0000 MaryM 2679824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @shellio: When I was using mint more and trying to keep it helpful, I'd go in and recategorize things like Target and Amazon so they made more sense. But if it's not done regularly, it gets way too overwhelming! And it appears that all I spend money on is "Shopping" sotofamilia on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679809 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:16:31 +0000 sotofamilia 2679809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, using everydollar. It's very helpful to make sure we stay on track. shellio on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679803 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:05:53 +0000 shellio 2679803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do, using mint. It is eye opening, but tricky because I have so many amazon purchases and they all go under "shopping". Which makes sense but doesn't help me figure out where all our $$ goes - that includes dog food, diapers, cleaning products sometimes, etc. Mrs. Goose on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679794 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:57:13 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2679794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, my husband does it using mint and also a spreadsheet for putting the yearly totals on. It definitely is eye opening to see what you spend on stuff. This is our third year doing it. We loosely look at the monthly to see how we're doing. Our worst category is groceries for over spending. Anya on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679780 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:41:24 +0000 Anya 2679780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes and we review it together each month. The categories are pretty broad- grocery, restaurants, gas, auto, utilities, travel, home repair, and we each have a discretionary category that's basically a catch-all for everything else. MaryM on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679779 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:39:37 +0000 MaryM 2679779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I use mint.com so I can see what we spend in different categories, but since we got married and DH has taken the lead on budgeting, I don't look at it too much anymore. lawbee11 on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679778 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:35:51 +0000 lawbee11 2679778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, we use YNAB. yoursilverlining on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679770 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:24:13 +0000 yoursilverlining 2679770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No; although one of my cc does this and I do like looking at the year end review. littlejoy on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679767 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:17:07 +0000 littlejoy 2679767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't track expenses or budget ... we've categorized things in regards to a single month before, and it was absolutely eye-opening. Bao on "Do you track yearly spending?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-track-yearly-spending#post-2679753 Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:02:23 +0000 Bao 2679753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For example, do you track your spending in categories like: Groceries, eating out, clothing, etc? I've never kept track of spending in any certain categories. I just started to track grocery spending this month though, and I will track through the year. I plan to just write down what I spend in my planner and add it up monthly and then add up the year at the end. This is more out of curiosity. I know what we spend in other bills (or I could easily look), because those are easier to keep track of. I wanted to do it for non-essentials spending but I'm kind of scared, but maybe it would be eye opening...although we aren't big spenders to begin with.