I try to track my expenses in a chart (not even a real spreadsheet, sorry!); I make a new version each month, one document for the year. Each version has a row for each day (January has 31 rows, February 28 – except for leap year!); there are only 7 columns, including the date column, but I itemize every purchase in its column.

And because I may forget to track something, I carry an 8×11 envelope, with the name of the month on it. I stick it in my tote and carry it every day, and I put the receipts for that day in that envelope. Makes it easier to track stuff, and I can just file each entire envelope in an expandable folder for the year.

I get heavily criticized by many of my peers for my ‘excessive’ behaviour in saving so it will be interesting to see how beneficial this exercise turns out for the players on here! All I know is it’s never a bad thing to know what you’re spending.