My wallet is made to hold both my checkbook and register as well as my cards. When using the debit card I just enter it as a check without the check number (but with the date) and subtract it from the account. It makes it doubly easy to monitor purchases when going over my bank statement.
I also do this with my credit card. The only reason I even use it is because it's a Disney card that earns points towards Disney dollars. I use it for everything I can - gas, groceries, home improvements, every purchase possible, utilities (phone, cable), insurance and even medical payments - to earn the points, but I write each and every transaction into my checkbook register as if it is a check or debit purchase. To separate it from other transactions, I enter it as DIS and do all those entries in red.
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