Becky - need your expertise

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Becky - need your expertise
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Sat, 01-16-2010 - 10:24am

Hi, Becky.


I hope you're having a better day today and are managing to enjoy your weekend.


You have mentioned before that you itemize your grocery receipts and can go back to see what you have bought.

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Sat, 01-16-2010 - 2:35pm

Here is how I do it and I'm a little neurotic although I DO take some short-cuts or my itemized list would be 1 million things long.


I use Quicken so it's easy to do categories.


Basically I have the main one:


Groceries

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Registered: 04-12-2007
Sat, 01-16-2010 - 8:25pm

Thank you - that was exactly what I needed to know.

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Sun, 01-17-2010 - 6:47am

Hi Robyn,


I use similar sub-categories as Becky, but I also have a "junkfood" sub-category.

Kate


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Sun, 01-17-2010 - 1:42pm

Oh, wow, Kate, I am almost scared to track junk food.

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Mon, 01-18-2010 - 1:57am

I have groceries, groceries: bad habits (for junk food, DH nicotine replacement, alcohol, etc).