expense tracker app - part 1

I've been working on another app, that actually serves some functionality besides my "Is It Christmas Yet?" app that happens to say yes on the wrong day..  Yes, I get a lot of crap for that, not enough to change it.  I really did think Christmas was on the 24th when I was writing it.

I'm in the process of implementing a budget tracker because I'm floored every time I see my VISA bill.. I realized it would be nice to have some advance warning.  While I have a very crude version of it, it's actually been helping me to curb my spending.

Here's what I have so far!

(Windows Phone FTW)

Basically the user enters in expenses for the month, although filling in the "Expense" field is optional (the new entry gets filed under "Other").  My display button functionality is a bit awkward, like I said it's a very crude version.  Clicking the display unleashes a torrent of message boxes for each category, here's one:

My drive from Cleveland to Columbus this weekend :(

But I plan on making it more user friendly as I add more functionality.

I think the hardest part initially was figuring out how to store all of the info.  After some research I found out about the IsolatedStorageSettings class, which was perfect for what I needed.

This app definitely needs work.. but it's been a lot of fun to write!  And very useful, I wish I had the idea to make this sooner!