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[which_chick]

I also counted out my change jar (actually a large ceramic flower pot) this evening. I do round dollar amounts for each coin set (the odd bits get thrown back in the jar to breed more money) and I came up with $81.00 in the change jar -- it had been high-graded for quarters a number of times because I don't carry much cash, don't have an ATM card, and frequently root through the change jar for walking-around money. Of that, seven dollars was in pennies. Tomorrow, I'll take it in to the bank where they will run it through their machine and count it for me. As far as I know, this is a free service of my bank -- they didn't charge me the last time I took change in to be counted. The reason I count it first is so that I will know if I'm being cheated. :)

What happens to pocket change at your house? Do you have a change jar? Do you carefully organize your life so that there is no NEED for a change jar? Do you fish the change out of the washer and immediately run off to spend it? What's the deal? Tell me!

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[gwangi.livejournal.com]

One of the things that She Who Must Not Be Named kept was a giant plastic pretzel jar with somewhere around 60 pounds of change. About 5 years worth, that is. I have no idea how much was there, but it was certainly a sizable amount.

While I was working at Target, I'd spend the same amount on lunch every day ($3.27, which is an item off the employee menu and a large pop), and the change from that went into a dish. In a year, I collected nearly $200, which mostly went into my gas tank for the move out to Minnesota. So I guess you can classify me as a hoarder, except when I actually need the money.