Why You Should Color Code Your Checkbooks

I made a stupid mistake last week and I am kicking myself for not having each of our checking/savings/money market checkbooks in distinct covers. Two of them were in burgundy covers, and I handed my husband the wrong one last week to pay a car repair bill. You guessed it, the check bounced because the checkbook he used was the one with not much in it. Aaaargh! So now we have fees to pay on top. I immediately threw away one of the burgundy covers and I am ordering different covers for our other five checkbooks that came with navy blue. This is the kind of thing that should never happen. Maybe we have too many accounts in too many different places! Hmmm......