Tracking your monthly expenses and staying on top of your budget can be a struggle, but an envelope budgeting system can be a smart way to track your finances. This money management technique helps you track how much money you have in your budget for each category.
By having an envelope for each expense category (groceries, utilities, rent) you can limit the amount you are spending for them each month. This system will not only help you save more money each month, but it can also help you stop making impulse purchases.
How to Use the Envelope Budgeting System
- Come up with categories and a budget
It’s important to create different categories for each kind of expense, that way you can allocate a budget for each of them, and make sure you’re not spending more than necessary.
- Allocate the Funds to Each Envelope
Once you decide the budget for each category and label each envelope, cash out your paycheck and place them accordingly inside each of the categories.
- Spend Wisely
Carry the envelopes with you when going grocery shopping or paying your bills. Then take the funds from the appropriate category to make the purchase, and save the receipt inside.
If you have any money left over at the end of the month, you can roll it over to the next one, or put it into savings.
To help you get started on the cash envelope system, below is Mint’s free printable you can use for this. Just cut, fold and glue according to the instructions, and start increasing your savings.
Get the envelope budgeting system printable
If envelope budgeting sounds like it’s for you, then use these awesome printable cash envelope templates to help you budget for the things that are important.
You’ll find a blank template that you can write the name of the thing that you are saving for, along with envelope templates for fun money, gas & travel, groceries, and rent & utilities.
Simply see the links below to get the envelope budgeting system printable along with some other useful printables to help you save better, then save them to your computer before printing.
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If you’re looking to see how you and your family can save more then check out this Family Savings Challenge printable.
You’ll find budget-friendly ways to spend time at home which are still fun and can be done with little or no expenditure. They’re also a great way of spending quality time with the people that matter most to you.
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Mason Jar Savings Tracker
How awesome is this easy-to-use savings tracker printable? It’s such a fun way to keep track of the savings that you’re making toward your savings goal. You can use the mason jar savings tracker to write what you’re saving for when you started, the goal amount, and when you plan to finish.
The whole family can get involved in saving too and it’s a great way of teaching your children the value of saving for the things that they desire.
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