Arghhhhhhh - My spreadsheet is giving me headaches...

roversbabe

I had to laugh cos I'm as bad - I have an XDA (pocket pc / mobile phone thingy) and have my spreadsheets on there so I update every cash and debit card transaction as soon as I do them. I synchronise the spreadsheets with my PC every few days then analyse my spending on a monthly basis. I can also see my debts reducing on a monthly basis.

Glad I'm not the only one!

rb

K9cuddles

roversbabe wrote:

I had to laugh cos I'm as bad - I have an XDA (pocket pc / mobile phone thingy) and have my spreadsheets on there so I update every cash and debit card transaction as soon as I do them. I synchronise the spreadsheets with my PC every few days then analyse my spending on a monthly basis. I can also see my debts reducing on a monthly basis.

Glad I'm not the only one!

rb

Omg... if I had a PDA I'd defo drive myself mad!!!

Sleekit

S_a_r_a wrote:

Omg... if I had a PDA I'd defo drive myself mad!!!

Not spreadsheets but I have MS Money installed on my PDA (you can get the software free from MS Money's website) and it's constantly updated and synched with my PC. I wouldn't be without it!

K9cuddles

Sleekit wrote:

Not spreadsheets but I have MS Money installed on my PDA (you can get the software free from MS Money's website) and it's constantly updated and synched with my PC. I wouldn't be without it!

I've just had a thought! I've got a smartphone with excel installed.. omg! What have lot done to me??!!! :rotfl:

JAMIEDODGER

my brain has gone into budget overload at the moment lol, i have been up since 3am (with dd) and have been checking out best savings accounts for when i have paid off my debts (although i know they could change). i think i will be able to pay off cc debt by march hooray!!! so am looking into where i can put my money after that.

have adjusted my figures countless number of times so far to see if there is anymore money anywhere even the tiniest bit to pay towards my debts and as i do my "spreadsheet" on paper, i have a growing mountain of paper balls on my desk lol

ahh well, all this time spent on budgeting leaves little time to spend in the shops!!

Sleekit

JAMIEDODGER wrote:

my brain has gone into budget overload at the moment lol, i have been up since 3am (with dd) and have been checking out best savings accounts for when i have paid off my debts

It's a weird experience - I went from not being able to sleep because of worrying about my debt, to not being able to sleep because I was excitedly thinking about how I can best shuffle money around and get out of debt! :idea: