Originally Posted by selena

I hate doing books on the computer. I have a folder for each month of the year. All my check stubs go in there, as well as a printed receipt for everything. At the end of the month, I total up the income, and classify the expenses. I then just plug that info into a spreadsheet for the end of the year.

After closing the books for a year, I just stick the 12 folders in my filing cabinet and forget about them.