[sarah]

I have a daily amount and I keep track in my head or on a sheet of paper. Also if I am going to buy somethiing that goes over the daily amount --like gas--I have to 'save' that amount out of other dally allowances. For example. I usually get gas on Thursdays so I have to make certain that I've saved the money out of the previous week's allownace. This is not usually a problem. I try and make certain that my daily allownace is big enough so I do not feel deprived. Then every night I try and discipline myself to enter the daily amounts into an excell spreadsheet.