Ten ideas from Money Guardian with a fresh angle such as this very good reminder that a bank statement is..well..only..a..statement:
"If you don't already know how to do it, learn how to balance your bank statement. It does NOT tell you how much money you have. A bank statement is just that: a statement from the bank telling you what has gone through your account at the bank so far that month. If you want to know how much money you really have on the date of that statement, you must do a bank balance, or reconciliation, to your own record. Do this the minute your statement comes in."
Read it all here.