Net Worth and Goals: August 2010 – Down 1.2%
September 2, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: Not much to report this month. We’re slightly down which was largely the 401k. We also dipped into our Emergency Fund to pre-buy a supply of propane (used [...]
Net Worth and Goals: July 2010 – Up 5.9%
August 1, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: Our Net Worth chart is once again heading up and to the right. Woo hoo! This month I finally got around to selecting a 529 College Savings Plan [...]
Net Worth and Goals: June 2010 – Down -1.8%
July 6, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: Another down month thanks to the market. I am curious to see if we’re just experiencing a pull back or if we are entering a bear market. However, [...]
Net Worth and Goals: May 2010 – Down -5.3%
June 17, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: Better late than never! From a Net Worth perspective May was a tough month. Due to the market correction we took a -5.3% hit to our total net [...]
Net Worth and Goals: April 2010 – 2.9% Gain
May 3, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: Another positive month for us in April! Unless we have any unexpected expenses (which is a possibility with our baby due this month), we are still on target [...]
What Is Your Family’s Money Dynamic?
April 6, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
On Easter Sunday we had dinner with my husband’s family. Over dinner the conversation turned to my brother-in-law’s truck problems. He’s in construction and relies on his truck to get him from job to job. Money is tight for them so having his truck out of commission is a big deal. He shared with us [...]
Net Worth and Goals: March 2010 – Up 5.8% and making great progress!
April 2, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: The market was very kind to us this month and we saw a another nice boost to our 401K. We also sold off stock purchased through the Employee [...]
Everything is new
March 29, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
This weekend as I was turning my compost pile (cue banjo music), I realized how completely different my life is now. Everything I do now is new to me. Five years ago I was a career-driven professional living in San Francisco and working in Silicon Valley for a large technology company. Now I’m an aspiring [...]
Net Worth and Goals: February 2010 – Up 2.8% and Revising Goals
March 1, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: The market cooperated with us this month and we saw a nice boost to our 401K. That combined with Mr. Frugal’s yearly bonus gave us a 2.8% increase [...]
Net Worth and Goals: January – Up 1.8% and on Track
February 1, 2010 by Mrs. Frugal
Each month I provide an update on how we’re tracking toward our goals. I break it down between Net Worth and Goals for the year. Net Worth: We’re up a whopping 1.8% this month. Not terribly exciting but building net worth is a marathon not a sprint and slow and steady wins the race. It’s [...]
