How often do you look at your bank balance?

mel19632

Every week day for me - I have a spreadsheet which shows all outgoings and income on a daily basis and I reconcile it to this. That way I know how much we have left and how much I can put towards the credit cards!

bluestaff

Every day for me

paybacktime2008

Having only just signed up for online banking the novelty hasnt worn off so at least twice a day!

taxi73

At least once a day.To check everything balances and that if theres anything wrong I can pick up on it straight away.

[Deleted User]

I tend to look at mine once a day, sometimes twice a day if I know that something is due to go out or come in.

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mummytummy

I check our bank accounts every other day, direct debits all go out at the beginning of the month, since i deal with the family finances i give us a weekly amount for shopping/petrol etc and have a note book where i keep a tally of where the money goes some weeks there is some left over and that goes into a separate pot/savings. So far this is working extremely well and we haven't touched the credit cards in months. Long may it last........

Still working on being debt free by October 2009.

Piquant_2

I'm an everyday type of girl too....

fedupfreda

mummytummy wrote: »

have a note book where i keep a tally of where the money goes some weeks there is some left over and that goes into a separate pot/savings. So far this is working extremely well and we haven't touched the credit cards in months. Long may it last........

Me too - started doing this 2 years ago and have not gone overdrawn since :j best thing I ever did. Because of this I have cleared about £1000 of debt (£2k still to go) and have actually been able to SAVE!:D

Mind you I only check my balance once a week, when I go to take out my 'allocated funds' for the week. As quite a few of the cashpoints in the local area have been hit by fraudsters, and I don't have internet banking, I find this works for me, I also pay for everything with cash, my card only leaves my purse to visit the bank.....;)

Jellybean_2105

I check obsessively throughout the day, every day.

I like to make lists of what I have available, whats going out and how much I have left to spend.

I find its the only way I can keep in control of my spending but it seems to be working

Lemon_Tree

i check it a couple of times a week, but keep a record of my accounts which i update when i get my payslip, and then as i spend.