I agree with the others - I change my category names every year or so to reflect what I’m focused on. In the past couple years I’ve had a category Fun Shit With Other People where all the spend associated with building social capital goes, including eating out. I have a separate category Restaurant that is pretty much just cafeteria spending once a month and the every other year Filet-o-Fish craving 
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I’m not a spreadsheet genius, but not bad. Looking at the example I wasn’t sure what the question really is - so I just hoped someone else understood. Is it a question on layout? Some function? Formatting?
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Ah, good point, it’s hard to figure out the question when the question is asking “what’s the right question” 
@bucketsofrain do you mean you’re trying to figure out how to make the two tables side by side on the same sheet?
Lol, yep! That’s exactly the question.
Unless there is some feature I am missing - you just fill it out that way and use formatting of cells (like to change font, bold, fill, merge)
ETA: the downside is that these sort of static formats are a PITA and work intensive to duplicate. You recreate each time, versus using a template or form. It is just less flexible. But maybe there are swanky ways to do this that super users know. I don’t spreadsheet much now.
ETA2: I looked at the table again- I am not sure that this is two tables. Everything on the left seems to be labels (categories, sub-categories, descriptions), and there is only one column with actual data. It looks like Column D is hidden, or maybe columns A-C are locked so you can always see the labels as you scroll to the right. The top rows might be locked too.
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We move soon. I have a stack of yearbooks that i haven’t opened since they were new. Adolescence was hell and I can’t see ever wanting to look at those books. Do I just throw them out?
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You absolutely can. You could also see if your kids are interested in looking through them or if your local library has copies/wants copies.
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Yeah I knew that’s how I’d feel about my yearbooks in the future so I never bought one for any of my school years.
They may/may not be recyclable, not 100% sure if bound books are recyclable or have to be trashed.
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I threw all of mine away years ago and have not missed them one bit. (My adolescence was fine, if somewhat awkward)
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Yes, get rid of them instead of moving them.
When I was in school the cool thing to do was have all your friends write notes in your yearbook. You know… all the people I haven’t so much as thought about in 30+ years. I think they are in a box in my basement and need to get rid of them if so. Many of the notes say things like “BFFs forever” too. Lol
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I’ll second checking with libraries (or historical societies) near the schools.
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I live two time zones away from where I grew up. Nobody here is interested in my yearbooks.
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Ah census data, oh how I am familiar with you. 
The table on the left isn’t even really a table. I mean, it is, but it is just explanatory, there is no data in it, it’s just categories (unless there are data hidden in column D). It might even be a lookup table (if there is something in column D that is related to A-C and is just hidden). Column E (and beyond) might be based on lookups or on calculations, or might just be straight numbers.
I suspect you are right and rows 1&2 and columns A-C are locked, based on what I have seen before.
Then the rest is just formatting.
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Right, that’s why I was thinking near the schools. Yearbook become such a resource after just a few years, for local history, genealogy, etc.
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If there are notes, reread the notes then toss. Maybe take pictures of your picture before tossing?
Yearbooks are ridiculous garbage.
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I rarely eat out by myself, so I categorize it all as “restaurant food” (also including things like donuts or other fancy snacks I’ll occasionally pick up for a host gift or an office party). Let’s be real, though, I mostly just use my “entertainment” category as a sinking fund for opera tickets… I have few hobbies but they are expensive.
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If you like opera, see if any theaters near you do broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera performances. My parents did this and said it was well worth the $20-$25 per ticket to get to see world-class opera talent (and my mom is herself a semi-professional classical singer so she really appreciates voice talent).
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Those broadcasts are great! I’ve been considering a subscription to Met Opera on Demand as well but can’t decide if it’s worth another recurring expense.
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Oooh Oooh I think I know this one! It looks like they used the “split” function. If true, this is a single table but the view is split so you can scroll the right half of the screen without impacting the left half of the screen. Put your cursor where you want the split to be and then press the split button above. If you want to, you can drag the line that divides the split left to right or up and down to change where it is, and then you can scroll the split sides individually as you prefer. Is that what this is?
ETA - if not, it would help to see the whole screen instead of just part of it.
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Money spent on food as part of a designated “outing” is considered entertainment in our budget. Going out with friends for ice cream, a planned date, food bought at the theme park…etc.
Restaurants is for when we neglected to plan or are eating out only for convenience. Like getting hot dogs at Sam’s Club after grocery shopping, picking up lunch out because we didn’t make leftovers or getting takeout because we are both wiped and the thought of having to do more than open a package of lo mien is daunting.
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