Risen from the ashes ...

rising_from_the_ashes

This is why I have 1 thing in 1 pot ...... stuck already :rotfl::rotfl:

Away to have a hunt on the After Debt thread as sure JG had something like I need ......

rising_from_the_ashes

This is all I've managed to come up with so far

I guess it would be OK but may be harder with the pots with 3 things in!:eek:

Have absolutely no other ideas on how to do it!:o

cleggie

I think your spreadsheets are brill Rising!
Do you use Excel? I have no idea how it works, or how you get it to automatically calculate totals!
I am old fashioned, i still use pen and paper

rising_from_the_ashes

Ahhhhhh the complex one (also known as the SOW = Spreadsheet of Wonder!) was developed by CW18 on the FL Challenge & she kindly lets us all use it - it's fab and I love it but there is no way I could produce anything as complex (as can be seen by my sad attempts above!).

All spreadsheet'd out - have got a 350 mile round trip to do tomorrow so heading off for an early night!

Hope the weather's better (hail still just now) as all on rural unfamiliar road!

cleggie

I hope your drive goes ok tomorrow! Night!

rising_from_the_ashes

What a way to spend a day off - I must be mad:o

Anyway, after much playing around, I have reduced my pots - not quite to one as I felt that would be too much of a big change as I'm still getting used to budgeting properly (and have had big problems with raiding in the past when large sums are in one account:o) - so have "played safe".

However, I now have 4 pots rather than 8::T:T

• House & Car (for annual expenses) - House Ins, Landline advance rental, Car (incl Ins), Emergency fund
• Pets - Dog & cats
• Others - Dentist, Hair, Clothes, Presents, Groceries, Fuel, Anything else
• Savings - renamed one of the redundant ones to this to put my weekly round-down into, don't want to stop doing it but don't want it to just disappear into another account IYKWIM - once it gets to a reasonable amount, I will transfer to the Fuel or Groceries budget (which are both £0 just now:o)

Anyway, 4 pots now sitting called "close1" etc so I guess that will be a call to the bank on Tues when they reopen (wish you could open & close accounts online - it would be sooooo much easier!)


I also have 3 new spreadsheets with a totals page and separate worksheets for each individual budget in that pot so I can keep track of each one - phew! my brain's wondering what's going on as I'm supposed to be on hols:rotfl:

Now, enough budgeting malarky for today - trying to resist the temptation of visiting PAH and putting a dent in the dog's budget

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend

cleggie

Hello rising!
Well done on halving the number of 'pots' you have You've been very busy!!
Did you manage to avoid PAH? i LOVE that shop. For christmas i bought the cat a new huge cat scratcher from there, as well as a kitty cracker...hehehe, yes i am a crazy cat lady!

rising_from_the_ashes

cleggie wrote: »

Did you manage to avoid PAH? i LOVE that shop. For christmas i bought the cat a new huge cat scratcher from there, as well as a kitty cracker...hehehe, yes i am a crazy cat lady!

No ........:)

Wasn't my most expensive trip ever but ........

mooomin

Hiya

Send me a wee PM if you have no plans for tomorrow. Thinking about a wee pootle in Fred.

Knitting_Nora

flying_fresian wrote: »

Hiya

Send me a wee PM if you have no plans for tomorrow. Thinking about a wee pootle in Fred.

Sounds a little scary - does Fred know?! Should we be advising someone??