My Open Wallet

2 min read 2022-01-03 04:13:00

2021 Year-End Update

What a year... as I write this, I'm on the mend from my own mild case of COVID, having been finally been hit by Omicron despite being vaccinated and

1 min read 2021-01-06 23:30:00

I was going through a notebook that I've been keeping for the past couple of years that has a page in it where I jotted notes about things to write

1 min read 2020-12-31 23:07:00

I have been so checked out on blogging and hadn't even seen the comments on my last post until just now. It is good to hear updates from longtime

1 min read 2020-09-21 20:00:00

It has been another good long time since I’ve posted… and what a strange time it’s been! I feel like the world has totally changed. COVID-19,

1 min read 2020-01-28 06:38:00

Clothing is one of the areas where my spending has really decreased since I stopped working. I used to work in an environment that was relatively

1 min read 2020-01-17 06:29:00

It's been almost a year... yikes. Where to begin?I actually don't have any major news. I'm still kind of adjusting to my "new" life. That

1 min read 2019-02-19 08:57:00

That seems to be about the frequency I'm posting with lately! I really appreciate the comments from longtime readers and am glad to know you are

1 min read 2018-11-26 21:00:00

I should be proud of my financial situation, right? I've worked hard, saved and invested, and reaped the benefits. But one thing I left out of my

1 min read 2018-11-19 20:30:00

Back in my Palm Pilot days, I was such a junkie for the newest and latest device, it became a pretty significant part of my spending, even if I did

1 min read 2018-11-14 02:46:00

I continue to enjoy my leisure as a "retiree." I'm healthy, I feel relaxed, I go to the gym a lot, I read a lot of books. I continue to

1 min read 2018-07-21 03:22:00

So here’s an interesting development: I just found out I qualify for Medicaid, at least for the moment.Now before you jump all over me saying I’m

1 min read 2018-03-08 03:36:00

A commenter on the previous post asked if I'd share the calculations that made me feel confident about retiring early. I'll give you a simplified

1 min read 2018-02-10 06:34:00

I'm not just talking about the stock market these last few days-- I'm talking about the last few months of my life.You would think I'd have spent

1 min read 2017-11-13 21:00:00

Consider this a sequel to my last post, in which a woman's family money seemed to be funding some luxuries for an otherwise frugal couple.This time,

1 min read 2017-11-09 00:06:00

It's been a while since I wrote about other people's money! I've been jotting down some notes over the last year or more about various situations