It’s been a while since I’ve worked in my planner or designed something new but as the end of year approaches I want to get back on track with my budget. I decided to bring out my Happy Planner and design a new budget/finance tracker for October. I really like being able to see all my bills both as a monthly calendar and as a list so I incorporated both into this cute, Halloween theme budget tracker.

The first page of my monthly budget planner has a list of all my projected expenses and projected income. I have columns for an actual value (for those budget items that fluctuate like electric) and a difference column so I can see how far over or under budget I am. At the bottom I incorporated my results for both income and expenses so I can quickly see the big picture for the month.

I love these Cute Halloween graphics. They coordinate with the Cute Halloween Monthly Sticker kit and my Cute Halloween buttons/flair I already have up in my Etsy shop. My monthly and weekly spreads will coordinate with the finance tracker bootifully!

 

I also like to have a calendar spread with all my monthly bills and paydays marked so I can see where I am in the month and what will be coming up. It’s so nice to quickly glance at the calendar and see what’s next on the horizon.

On the last page of the budget planner I have several boxes where I can track individual purchases to see watch my progress to stay on track with my budget. I have a box for each main category and a blank box at the bottom for anything different I want to track each month. My projected budget allowance is listed at the top and I’ve given myself a few rows to record each purchase through the month. This works very well for me being single but I would guess that people with families would need more room so I plan to adapt this to 4 larger and 2 smaller blank boxes for the printable so people can write in their own categories and have more room for those categories that need more listings.

Do you love to budget like I do? If so, comment and let me know what features/aspect you enjoy about your current budget tracker and what things you’d like to see for future finance trackers.

I’m currently working on November and December budget trackers that coordinate with my Fall Vibes and December Sticker Kits currently in my shop. Sign up for my newsletter to see when I’ll be releasing those and for upcoming sale and discount codes.

Happy documenting!
Christina