I don't know if there's another way although I'm sure there might be, but I've always had a Cash Account set up -- when I take cash out of the bank to use, or however I might get it, I transfer it to the Cash Account and then if I'm really good, which I'm usually not, I keep track of what I've spent and enter it into the cash account, designating what it was and what category it goes to, and get a a running total. I need to keep better track or find another method I guess, because I often forget to enter what I've spent and often end up with a lot of cash in the account that hasn't been designated to a category. If you can keep track of what you're spending, a dollar here and twenty there, etc., then this should work fairly well.