What do you use to budget?

HarwichBride08 · November 2009

I'm looking for a good template/spreadsheet or maybe a website that has a good format. Any suggestions?

christar2000 · November 2009

We just use excel....but occasionally we upload our data to mint.com

HarwichBride08 · November 2009

I was just on mint but it asks for your user name & password for your accounts. I wasn't sure about that. Do you use this feature?

christar2000 · November 2009

HarwichBride08:
I was just on mint but it asks for your user name & password for your accounts. I wasn't sure about that. Do you use this feature?

Yes we do.

HarwichBride08 · November 2009

Thanks, it made me nervous. I think I'll give it a shot.

MrsC968 · November 2009

I just used excel too. But I just put in our monthly expenses (regular bills plus grocery store food, gas, etc) to see how much we have left for fun stuff and how much I can transfer to our savings each month. I don't do it every month, just when our money intake or output changes enough for me to go back through (like now that that we've bought the house).

Rock-n-Voll · November 2009

Mint.com is pretty popular. If you want to use Excel, check out the bio of MrsZubterfuge. She has tons of downloadable budget spreadsheets there.

smal18 · November 2009

I use Excel pretty much the same way as MrsC.

wamozart12 · November 2009

I just use excel, but I only keep track of expenses, not income- I leave that for the checkbook. DH has a program that keeps track of everything, and is much fancier and more organized than my color-coded spreadsheet. I can find out what program it is.

HarwichBride08 · November 2009

Thanks!

Bride0603 · November 2009

I use Microsoft Money. I don't have it working perfectly (a little complicated) but I can at least use it to track income and expenses. I just have a little trouble getting it to balance out my accounts.

mesa81 · November 2009

* whispering * we don't use a budget Zip it!

I've never really been able to figure one out (basically w/food shopping) but when I do budget, our expenses always seem more than our income so I quit. It makes me too depressed.

MrsMcC091909 · November 2009

Honestly, we just use GoogleDocs' spreadsheet... that way we both can access it if we need to.

jCamsquared · November 2009

mesa81:

* whispering * we don't use a budget

I've never really been able to figure one out (basically w/food shopping) but when I do budget, our expenses always seem more than our income so I quit. It makes me too depressed.

Ditto Embarrassed I really need to get better about this.

mesa81 · November 2009

jCamsquared:
mesa81:

* whispering * we don't use a budget

I've never really been able to figure one out (basically w/food shopping) but when I do budget, our expenses always seem more than our income so I quit. It makes me too depressed.

Ditto I really need to get better about this.

Confused I hate money. I try to ignore it and hope it takes care of itself. I'm very mature in that way Stick out tongue ...

jCamsquared · November 2009

mesa81:
jCamsquared:
mesa81:

* whispering * we don't use a budget

I've never really been able to figure one out (basically w/food shopping) but when I do budget, our expenses always seem more than our income so I quit. It makes me too depressed.

Ditto I really need to get better about this.

I hate money. I try to ignore it and hope it takes care of itself. I'm very mature in that way ...

Lol, I am the EXACT same way! I really need to get better about it.

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