Good morning everyone! Wow, we had a super busy weekend and after I got off work…we continued working on our remodeling project of both front porches. The one is now completely done! We resurfaced the cement flooring, coated it with Behr Deckover, replaced both of the porch pillars, painted and all of that jazz. We are now 1/2 done with the second one. Before & After photos along with product reviews on those products coming in about 10 days. How was your weekend?
Today’s Topic: Do you save your loose change? If so, do you toss it into a piggy bank, jar or other type of container? What do you save your loose change for? Vacation, Bills, College Fund or what?
We have 2 loose change collection containers here at our home. All of our pennies & nickles go into a piggy bank for Gianna’s college fund. Her bank is filled about every 6-8 weeks & then we drop it off at the bank into an account we started for her the day she was born.
All of our dimes and quarters go into a big plastic water bottle jug. Every few months we deposit it into our savings account. We have been saving up for a new vacation condo and plan on selling one & buying a new one next year.
So, do you save your loose change & if so…what do you save it for?
Have a great Monday!
We save our loose change too. Always have. It has paid for vacations, bills, emergencies, etc. Right now I am saving all pennies, nickels and dimes towards a new computer.
I don’t leave the house without a pocketful of change. I use it every chance I get. It makes me feel less guilty at Goodwill to buy a new cookbook or baking pan when I just use change. It tends to collect in a few places around the house (a dish on my dresser, in a tin in the laundry room, in my spouse’s dresser drawer), so I always know I can just scoop up a bunch when I’m going out.
(Saving Your Loose Change) Hubby and I save our loose change all the time, then take it to the bank in the plastic bottles we have all separated already.
It is amazing how change adds up. A little here and a little there can really make a difference at the end of the year. I’m just amazed at how much I collect in a few weeks. I don’t make a point of saving change for anything special, but I keep thinking I should. We do save old pennies and other obscure currency. It fills up over 3/4 of one of those big coke banks. My husband has been saving pennies a long time.
We save all our change in a big piggy bank. We save it all for a rainy day and the count it!
I throw my loose change in a piggy bank on my dresser. No plans for the money but if I need some change it is there. Over time I have stripped all the quarters out of it so now it is just dimes, nickels & pennies. We don’t often have change as everything goes on the card.
Wow sounds like you guys had a super busy weekend. I can’t wait to see your pictures. I used to save my loose change but it seems like I spend it all now.
Congratulations to the winners.
Yes, we also save our lose change.
I have actually implemented a rather complex system: state quarters go into my ppiggy bank, pennies go into a tea box and all other change into a large jar. The state quarters are “mine” tho years ago I used them to fund a camping trip, last year I got clothes when I really needed some, no sure what I will do this year.
The rest of the change we will let mount up untill it is worth rolling and turning in.
What a great idea with using your spare change. I usually just use mine at the store and never thought about using it for a college fund. I hope you get a lot of money collected for Gianna’a College fund. Excited to see pictures of your porches getting fixed.