<p><span style="color:#000000;">Here it is - an update on my filing overhaul. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">There has been a few change which caused me to rethink the entire plan. <strong>My husband will soon be taking the finances (some or all)! </strong>Because of this I realized that the files need to be super clear and easy for my husband to find. So gone went my great idea of paperless statements for our bills, and back to good old filing!</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">We are also going to be doing <a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/home/" target="_blank">Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University</a> AGAIN to get out of debt! </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">So here it is our nicely organized filing cabinet:</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-52" title="valentines-day-shower-blog-filing-0121" src="http://anothernewseason.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/valentines-day-shower-blog-filing-0121.jpg" alt="valentines-day-shower-blog-filing-0121" width="500" height="300" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">What do you think?</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">I'm actually a pretty serious perfectionist and I would have preferred to have gone out to buy brand new file folders or even some beautiful decorated files like <a title="Pretty File Folders" href="http://www.galison.com/Pretty-File-Folders-C410.aspx" target="_blank">these</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;">But that seemed a bit over the top and not in line with our new budget! So I recycled the hanging file folders that I used last year by flipping them inside out and used the opposite side. I did the same with some of the file folders too! Pretty <span style="color:#008000;">"GREEN"</span> huh??</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Here is how I organized my files:</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">Action Files (these are in the front)<br />
   Bills to Pay<br />
</span><span style="color:#000000;">   Read<br />
</span><span style="color:#000000;">   Call/Respond<br />
   Pending</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">FILE (everything that needs to be filed)</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">DEBT (I wanted to make this one stick out - to remind me about our goal to be debt-free!)<br />
   Credit Cards</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">INCOME</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">BANK<br />
   Checking<br />
   Savings<br />
   Loan</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">UTILITIES<br />
   Phone/Dsl<br />
   Electric<br />
   Oil/Gas<br />
   Trash</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">INSURANCE <br />
   Auto<br />
   Renters  <br />
</span><span style="color:#000000;">   Health<br />
   HSA</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">HOME</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">VEHICLES (auto repairs/car payment info, etc)</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">MEDICAL <br />
   Explanation of Benefits<br />
   Medical Bills</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">BABY INFO<br />
   Well Baby Check (Dr visit reports) - Vaccination records - misc</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;margin:0 0 0 .375in;"><span style="color:#000000;">Now, my Action files will soon be replaced by a Tickler System that I will keep on my desk. More on that later!</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;margin:0 0 0 .375in;"><span style="color:#000000;">Have you used a Tickler System?? I'd love to know if it worked for you - Leave a comment!</span></p>