It might be better to just set up automatic deposits from her paycheck into savings and investment accounts. Also, automatic payments with legitimate billers like utilities, her credit card should be always paid off in full. Using cash should be rare. Then she can look back at accounts and compare to what she feels is proper and within her "budget", without actually going to the trouble to set one up. She can also use Bill Pay from her bank account to pay directly from her phone or computer so she does not need to use checks, buy postage stamps, and mail payments herself.
Common "cash leaks" are things like Starbucks, lunches, etc. Give her a copy of "The Automatic Millionaire", by David Bach. With the exception of some of the brokerage firms in there, it is loaded with good and still valuable advice. You can probably get a copy for less than $10 from Amazon. Cheap enough to get yourself a copy, too.
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