I took EIGHTY-ONE pounds of change to the bank today! I got my workout AND

[grace0418]

I now have $700 dollars I didn't know I had! Woo-Hoo!

Holy crap does that stuff accumulate once you don't need change for laundry or tolls any more. I remember the days when I would be cleaning out every purse and coat pocket to find quarters for laundry.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Holy balls, how long were you saving all that?

[grace0418]

3. Probably since I got married 10 years ago. My husband is the one who cleans out

his pockets and puts his change in a bucket. It just kept accumulating until today I couldn't deal with the buckets of change in our storage space because I couldn't get to our Christmas decorations. I called the bank and they said it was no problem to bring it in. Voila! Merry Christmas to me! :)

[ghostsofgiants]

4. I should start doing that.

Spare money rules.

[grace0418]

6. I read somewhere that it's actually a *bad* idea because by the time you turn it

in, the money is worth less than it was years earlier. Which makes sense logically but it still feels like free money.

[Shell Beau]

2. That is awesome!! I took some a while back to a coin star and

had about $330.00! I was pumped! I thought it was about $50.00!!

[grace0418]

5. It's that great when it turns out to be more than you thought?

I can sure use it, too. Our anniversary trip to Europe was sooooooooo expensive because the dollar sucks so hard.