Newbie YNAB question - my kids school has a program where you give them a lump sum and they put it on to my account at the local grocery store. I put in a large amount every few months and am wondering what the best way to deal with it in YNAB. I don't want to categorize it as a grocery transaction since it covers groceries for a few months and it would mess up how I track monthly spending. Another option is to make an account in YNAB for this money and use it as sort of a cash account, manually tracking every time I shop at the grocery. Does anyone have a better idea? Thanks!

The second option you came up with is what i would do

Got it, thanks!