Comments on: How we created our budget

By: Our first zero-based budget « Living Well on Less

Our first zero-based budget « Living Well on Less — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:49:05 +0000

[...] we’re creating a flexible budget by tracking our expenses with Mint (a great tip from Kacie at Sense to Save). New expenses spring up every month and some months our income may be higher than others, so our [...]

By: garry

garry — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:33:53 +0000

… I digg this! I belive that everyone
should learn how to complete a budget.
Howelse are you’re going to accurately
account for how and where you spend your
money.Also,if you’re married,it’s a great
way to make sure that you both are on the
same page(especially if you share the same
bank account).

– garry b

By: BBC #2 roundup | Sense to Save

BBC #2 roundup | Sense to Save — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:53:40 +0000

[...] I’m using Mint right now. [...]

By: Michael Ringwood

Michael Ringwood — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:15:41 +0000

Wow! What a well formed idea on budgeting! It should be read by people who are planning for launching a Valentine’s Day party before they set out to shop.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:42:14 +0000

I am loving MINT. I agree that I don’t like that you cannot make your own category, but I love the other features. I am sure that over time it will only improve. It linked up to most of my accounts just fine, however a few of my credit cards it would not link up to because it doesn’t suppport them or because I couldn’t remember which of the 10 questions in three different spots I set up to use as a security measure. But I am hoping that this will give us a better idea of what we are spending. I have a budget for all “fixed” espenses like mortgage and car and even “estimates” on utilities. But even though I “budget” and amount for groceries I truely have no idea how much we spend…..so we will see.

By: Kacie

Kacie — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:10:34 +0000

Hmm, that’s frustrating. I guess Mint doesn’t offer support for all bank accounts. Don’t give up! Maybe there are other programs out there that would be better for ya.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:12:47 +0000

I hadn’t really been doing much of a your challenge, but you convinced me to just start watching where all my money is going. I decided to try out the Mint and just watch over the next few months to see what I spend too much on. I tried Mint tonight, but I am having trouble with it. It wouldn’t find my bank account. It said I had my username or password wrong, but I didn’t. I will keep trying. Thanks for the information.

Leah