[DivaJen]

I have a plastic office organizer thingie that holds paper, envelopes, pens, stamps, address labels, etc. DH and I put the bills there. About once a week I check what's in there that is coming due. I've recently started paying bills online, so I'll go through and schedule payments and then mark the bills "paid online" so that I know they've been taken care of.

Mostly, it's getting in habit of always putting bills in the same place, and then remembering to check those due dates. At one point I would write checks, seal up the envelopes, and then write on the outside of the envelope the date I wanted to mail the bill. This was before I paid things online, and once upon a time I had an interest-bearing checking account.