Way back in the early 1990s when DH and I first met, he was a Senior at a university in Illinois and I was attending a small university in Iowa. After he graduated, he passed up a few job opportunities elsewhere and moved to the same city that I was attending school. Like most college grads, there was a fine balance between spending habits and income.
As we strengthened our relationship and eventually got married, we focused on our finances. When one of my brothers told me that he used Quicken to keep track of all his money, including cash, I thought he was nuts. He said he set up a cash account in Quicken then routinely logged his spending. If he had $30 in cash in his pocket then spent $5.50 on lunch, he tallied $6 as "Fast Food". He said he rounded up to the dollar and threw change in a jar. His Quicken cash account then read $24 which would (well, should) match what he had in his pocket.
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As we strengthened our relationship and eventually got married, we focused on our finances. When one of my brothers told me that he used Quicken to keep track of all his money, including cash, I thought he was nuts. He said he set up a cash account in Quicken then routinely logged his spending. If he had $30 in cash in his pocket then spent $5.50 on lunch, he tallied $6 as "Fast Food". He said he rounded up to the dollar and threw change in a jar. His Quicken cash account then read $24 which would (well, should) match what he had in his pocket.
...continue reading "I spent HOW much on Fast Food?"
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