My father's taken more or less the same approach... I keep complaining about not having money to buy a new computer... but I've technically got 4000€ in the stock market, that my dad manages... started out as 1500€ (all my pocket money from when I was young) and a 500€ gift to get the investment started, and that was 4-6 years ago... I think, my memory is hazy XS

reminds me I should look at the value now. It's been a year since I last checked XS