Budgeting Spreadsheet to use in addition to Martin's

EagerLearner

Hi all,

I have designed a spreadsheet to be used to monitor your spending once you have done Martin's excellent budget planner. This is like Part II if you will...

Go to: http://www.zen74527.zen.co.uk/MSE.htm

Right click to 'save as' and download to your pc.

(a big thanks to Rex_Mundi for helping with uploading this & providing the webspace)

My spreadsheet concentrates on:

- Money Pot Saving - see it all at a glance with a chart - allowing you to save all your money in one high interest account, and withdraw money for one aspect (say Christmas) without affecting your other 'pots'. Plus, earn great interest on the whole lot!

- Frills Spending- Yes - this budget section allows you to track each months 'frill' spending - no bills, but things like clothing, beauty, mobiles, cd's & dvd's etc - all the things we'd all like to 'cut down on'... A useful chart will track your frills spending throughout the year, showing your best and worst 'peaks' so you can work out when your hot spots are.

- Savings tracking - This part deals with the savings you are able to make each month - I use it for Quidco etc.

All sections are pre-filled in with example figures so that the charts will work on your initial viewing. If you do clear the figures the charts will dissapear until you start filling in the numbers again, giving the charts something to 'work with'.

Thie spreadsheet can be customised and no locks have been put on it - enjoy and let me know your thoughts & whether it helps! I have saved alot since working with it and after several months of use and wanting to make sure it helped me, here it is for your enjoyment :j

EagerLearner

EagerLearner

This spreadsheet has been approved by MSE Andrea and is also featured in the Debt Free Wanna Be, Budgeting & Current accounts and Freebies boards for easy access.

PS: In addition to questions asked by users - this works with Excel and should work with Macs if you have Excel. It can be customised to whatever your main spending / saving categories are by overtyping the existing standard ones.

If you have any questions please post them and I am happy to respond as best I can.

Tx