Frugal Freedom

Well, it's not fancy but it is looking a little more like a kitchen.  I took a half day off last Friday and managed to get this cabinet ...

I got my final stock checks in the mail. The total came to $3,429. Not as great as I had originally hoped but more than my goal of $3,000. T...

It is so quiet this week with so many people on vacation. There were only 2 other people in the office today. I didn't bring a dog bec...

I love checking the mail right now. Every few days I get another stock check. Today's check was for $577! Woohoo! That brings my total t...

I have my own collection of individual stocks which I call my mutual fund. They are all dividend reinvestment stocks and most are direct pur...

I want a lot of things. With housing prices dropping I decided to peek at some of the ones for sale around me. There was a neighborhood buil...

I searched around the internet today to see what I could find on the old GM stock. There is plenty out there to read. I had to keep checking...

This was another weekend for the dogs. After yesterday's rained out Animal Fair, I decided to take one of my fosters to the bookstore ad...

I got this link in my inbox today from my Vanguard retirement account. Why So Many Americans Are Broke . I didn't think it was a great a...

I was talking to someone today who is putting a large amount of money in to peer to peer lending. He is very excited and sure that he will d...

My parents have a small nest egg that has been percolating in a nice Washington Mutual CD for the last year. It was bought up by Chase Bank ...

I mentioned in a previous post that Mars, Inc., the candy maker, bought Wrigley's, the gum people. This is disappointing because Wrigley...

Human resources sent out an email to the whole company today telling us to go to the Vanguard website if we have concerns about our retireme...

When I got my first real job I started reading books on personal finance. I was interested in buying stocks and decided to jump right in wit...

I have been reading a lot of articles and advice on how much to save for retirement, how Americans aren't saving enough and how I need m...

Wrigley's is my favorite stock. I don't say this because of its value or company outlook. I am not trying to encourage other peopl...