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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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[fooliv.livejournal.com]

Quarters get saved and kept in-pocket for doing the wash. Small change gets used for tips and meters and the like.

Pennies go into charity boxes whenever I notice they're building up in my pockets. Occasionally they escape free onto my bedroom floor. In general, I consider pennies to be functionally worthless. I used to occasionally dump twenty or twenty-five of them into the honor bar as part of a payment for chips or candy at work, but since I've given up snacking, I don't have that sort of petty harassment to indulge in.

I probably shouldn't inflict pennies on the charities, it's not very charitable of me to force them to count the worthless things along with their real money. Damned things aren't even copper anymore... At least there's still take-a-penny dishes.

I've found that trying to unload pennies as fast as they come in tends to confuse the less-bright counter-people. Apparently they don't teach basic decimal arithmetic any more in the schools.

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

You quit snacking? Any particular reason -- it's not Lent or anything, is it?

[fooliv.livejournal.com]

I got tired of being so damned fat, and having my feet hurt if I stood for too long. I'm trying to lose a little weight, which is a bit of a pain seeing as I'm so naturally sedentary. We'll see by the holidays if it comes to anything.

[which-chick.livejournal.com]

I've found that being over thirty does not help with weight loss in the slightest. Good luck with that.