Who is Frugal Fred?
Every person has within them the elements of a Fred. They are expressed in a desire to get value for your money, be treated honestly and shop without hype or frustration. Fred is an archetype, an icon representative of those values and a reminder of a simpler life and time. On a more personal note, Fred Anderson is an old high school friend that long ago quit going by Fred. He preferred Fritz but that’s another story. The name choice came about because nothing good came from my efforts to rhyme or alliterate something with Brad, which is my name. Bitchin Brads just didn’t cut it with anyone but my teenage skater friends. Frugal is such a fine descriptive compared to cheep or stingy. Penurious was similar but too obscure and hard to rhyme. Fred it was. From there it was a small step and a slight skip to ‘seeing’ Fritz as my physical model for Frugal Fred.
