A free template for a monthly budget spreadsheet to track your expenses for the month in Microsoft Excel format.  Types of items listed are food, entertainment, Housing costs, utilities, auto expenses, phone and two optional columns. These can all be changed and customized to suit your needs. You can adjust the different items if you want to track other items. The image shows a pie chart you can then create from the sheet to see where all your money is going during the month. It will automatically create a chart that shows you percent of spending on each category.

Download the spreadsheet for Microsoft Excel: Monthly budget template