Looking for Advice

[c9]

As I've complained already, houses are expensive, etc etc. I need to more carefully track my money than I have in the past, and I'm looking for suggestions on what tools / approaches you fantastically intelligent friends of mine use.

Basically, the spreadsheet method I use will demand too much effort for too little return. I'd like to track two accounts containing about 4-5 piles of money each. As we spend money on (for example) the electricity bill, I want to track how that pile of electricity bill money is changing.

I may just build an insane spreadsheet, but I figure there's gotta be a better way. Is there?

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[thespos]

I've used MS Money, which usually starts out okay, but it requires a lot of attention over time. That's just me, tho.

You can enter as many accounts you like, as many bills as you like, both recurring and non-recurring, and it will project trends on some things.