I had almost fifty bucks, which will come in handy on my vacation. It's always fun to have a little mad money.
Monday, August 26, 2019
Mad Money!
Every household has one, a jar for all the coins that collect in your pockets or purse. Mine got so heavy I decided to bring it to the bank and cash it in. Turned out their coin counting machine was on the fritz. I could bring it to the local grocery store that had a machine - but it would cost me 11% - or I could take my jar home and count and wrap them myself.
So I counted.
I had almost fifty bucks, which will come in handy on my vacation. It's always fun to have a little mad money.
I had almost fifty bucks, which will come in handy on my vacation. It's always fun to have a little mad money.
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That is a great amount of mad money. I had a teacher who collected coins and sometimes bills and take a trip to Spain when he had enough.
Wait, that isn't money for treats for Miss Millie?!
Years ago I started what I call "my five-dollar bucket". Once I have a five in my possession, I have to put it in my bucket. I can't spend it. I have lots of silly rules I have set up for myself, such as I can't ask the clerk to give me two five instead of a ten, etc.
It is easier to count then all those coins, and I am amazed at the amount I get each year. For me, I count my bucket money on or around Mothers Day.
We count and roll coins quarterly. We use the money for vacation stuff! But never quilt stuff. I wonder why that is? It might need to change, right?
I just rolled a bunch of coins this weekend. Some were mine, some were from my brother's house that he gave me. He was not going to roll them and I take care of his house and mail him baby quilts for his friends so he told me to just take it. I still have a few pennies to wrap and a bit more silver to wrap, but right now I am up to over $142.00 in wrapped change! Now that is some serious coin!
A penny here, a nickel there -- it really adds up! Valerie Reynolds (Val's Quilting Blog) has an annual online Piggybank Challenge. Save the spare change and at the end of the challenge year add it up, post the results, and then indulge in something quilting. I've participated in the challenge but I use my
own version (coins + $1 and $5 bills).
Coinstar gets a fee of 11% if you get cash, but if you get an ecard there is no fee. Here is a link to the list of ecards you can get ==> https://www.coinstar.com/giftcards. If you use Amazon, for example, it's a lot less trouble than rolling coins.
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