Choose a notebook, spreadsheet, or expense app
Choose by how you record purchases, check totals, and keep your records. Test a small example before moving your whole notebook.
Expense tracking guides
Practical ways to record spending, check entries, and review a budget with Manor.
How to set up your first monthly budget
Build a first monthly budget with income, bills, everyday spending and future costs. Use a worked example and a setup checklist.
Run a weekly spending check for omissions and upcoming bills
Check seven days of purchases, correct missing entries, and list bills due before your next review without rebuilding your whole monthly budget.
Use an expense CSV export without changing the numbers
Keep the original export, inspect its columns and decimal format, then check a small total before using the file in a spreadsheet.
Needs and wants: how to classify the difficult purchases
Judge a purchase by its purpose and realistic alternatives. Work through mixed costs without calling every regular payment essential.
How to record a purchase when the receipt is missing
Keep the facts you know, mark uncertain details separately, and correct the same entry when better information appears.
Ready to stop guessing?
Download Manor, say what you spent, and see your month with the details in front of you.
