The Bumped App has changed drastically. It used to be great, but now it’s useless. I used to love this app. I would drive out of my way to go to Walmart so that I’d get free stock on bumped. I would enjoy going to Taco Bell or Wendy’s because I’d get free stock on bumped. Earning stock made me feel more connected to the companies I was doing business with.

Here’s my idea: It would be neat to attempt to buy stock in every company I buy things from, whenever possible.

If the company I shopped at has stock for sale on Robinhood, I will buy $1 worth at the end of the month. This is because I can buy “fractional shares,” or portions of stocks, on Robinhood.
If the company I shopped at does not have stock on Robinhood and is on Schwab, depending on price and current finances, I will buy one (1) share on a different investment platform.

Here are additional rules for my game:

If I go to BP 5 times I will buy $1 of BP stock.
if I go to BJs and buy Pepsi, I will buy $1 in stock of Pepsi and BJ’s. I will do this to the best of my ability.
If I buy an automobile repair part from Subaru. I will buy Subaru stock. However, I won’t buy stock in Subaru just because I drive a Subaru.

At the end of this month, this is what I bought in stocks:

I bought one (1) full share of ANCUF (Circle K stock), as this was the only one I did not find on Robinhood.

My plan is to do this at the end of each month. I may or may not post in my blog every month, depending on what other thrifty ideas I want to blog about. I will check the end value of everything I purchased at the end of the year. In my end-of-year assessment, I may not pay attention to dividends, because that would be too complicated to keep up with.