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March 28, 2007

Making the shopping game a little more meaningful

Over the weekend, Kat and I decided (or, spoke about) to invest 50% of the dollar amount of savings I (obsessively) collect each week through grocery shopping.

I think this gives a little more...value...to obsessive shopping habits.  While racking up 40% to 50% "savings" each week, I kind of knew that this was really meaningless:  at the end of the day, these prices are set by companies and stores, possibly inflated to give homebodies like me a greater sense of self-worth.  And the savings were just on the receipt...it would be lame to spend $100 on food when I could spend $50, but I didn't really do anything with that $50 I "saved."  I probably spent it on beer.

So, now i'll be keeping track of these savings and moving half of it over to a Roth IRA perhaps monthly (why only half?  Because i'm so awesome at shopping that investing all those savings would be a little too much to set aside each week.  And by "so awesome" I mean "sad.").

Speaking of investing, we've also moved some of our money into a couple "green" funds...specifically, the iShares KLD 400 Social Index and PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy.  I kind of view it as a Terrapass that...we can keep in investing in.

Clampants | March 28, 2007 12:53 PM