For me personal care is for things like hair cuts, grooming products, skin care etc. I wouldn’t class things for the two pooches under that same category?
Perhaps allowing people to create their own categories would be better as everyone is different?
This has been argued about for a while and Monzo have consistently said wont happen as they wont be able to auto categories spending if everyone has different categories
I’m new to Monzo and just moving over my DD’s for the full experience, but there is no category for my regular donations and they really do not fit any other category very well.
While we’re on the subject, I’d like a category for ‘Gifts’, such as for purchases of birthday presents which is different from general shopping and donation.
I am using general for house and garden purchases at the moment but I also have random items in there such as stamps at the post office and I would put things like dry cleaning under general. There are always items that will not fit so a miscellaneous category is helpful for them.
I would really like to see a Home and Garden category so if we buy plants, pans or towels for our home we can a) budget and b) keep track of spending. I find it hard to use existing categories for this type of expenditure. Tags can easily be used to subdivide. With joint accounts arriving this will be a very useful category.
Would anybody else appreciate a category separate to the food and drink one that is just for alcohol? Sometimes I go out and have a drink without food and find it frustrating that I have to add up individually the difference between food and alcohol transactions. This would be especially helpful when trying to budget and reduce consumption!
There are a few additional categories I would like to have, but personally I’m fine with a single category to cover both eating and drinking out. Unfortunately everyone has a different opinion on categories…
I’d love it to be honest. Entertainment for me is like movie tickets or concerts or buying a DVD (or your chosen format).
Going out for dinner is also entertainment but it wouldnt go under the same category as buying a DVD. Drinks after work is the same so I do put it under entertainment but it’s not ideal.
I’d like an alcohol/‘going out’ category too but I do agree with this to a certain extent. This is where the notes and tag features really come into their own in terms of the versatility they offer.