My $12 budget spreadsheet broke when I added a tip column and I spent 40 minutes fixing it at 3am

Eric Knight · 2026-10-21T04:15:04.123444+00:00

I was updating my monthly budget on my laptop in bed last Tuesday and added a tip column to track all the cash I drop on coffee and delivery. The formula grabbed the category totals and double counted every tip, so my food number jumped to $610 when it should have been $390. I rebuilt it from scratch and now it works, but has anyone found a simple way to track cash tips without the formulas going nuts?

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