Several years ago, I created a simple spreadsheet that allowed me to keep up with my gifts budget. As my family has grown, my own and those of my siblings and other relations, my budget has grown, along with the need to track how much I spend on each individual. Gift costs can get out of hand when you have several siblings, nieces, nephews, and other family to buy for. This sheet helps me track that and keep my gift spending within my budget.
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Quicken Deluxe 2012
Quicken is from Intuit, the company behind Mint.com. If you prefer an online only solution to managing money and don't need the detail that desktop money management software can give you, you should try Mint. I recently revisited Mint because of the useful Mint Android app. It's the easy way to keep up with your account balances on the go. I do still use the discontinued Microsoft Money but am in the process of switching to YNAB (for budgeting), which I'll write about soon.
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