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August 19th, 2007 at 08:07 am

DH finally emptied his pockets, so a whopping 61 cents was added to the coin jar. Sometimes I feel silly to be so happy about adding little bits to my jar but I know it adds up. It's added up to a few hundred dollars this year into the EF.

So many times I read about people who think it is not worth saving such tiny amounts of money, whether it be the coins, or the $10 a week I put in, or the spare dollars that show up, and how if I had listened to them I wouldn't have over $1000 in the bank right now. Most of it saved in little bits and pieces.

Starting next month I will be able to add $100 every four weeks into my EF on top of the weekly $10. So instead of just $520 a year, there will be an additional $1300 a year, for a total of $1820 that is planned money. Anything on top of that, my coin jar, or surveys, just will make it grow that much faster.

I am hoping to add $100 this month, but I have to see where everything shakes out after buying school clothes for my two kids who insist on continuing to grow taller all the time. Smile Hopefully I can still squeak it out.

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4 Responses to “DH's Pockets”

  1. monkeymama Says:
    August 19th, 2007 at 01:27 pm 1187530058
    1187530058

    Nothing wrong with the coin jar, I just find personally we use our change as spending money, and then we don't have to deal with counting it and lugging it. So we go to the ATM less we still save the money - it's all the same in the end. To me just easier this way.

    I would never find any coins around though because we spend them all - hehe.

    What I will never understand is pulling money out of the ATM and saving whole dollars just to eventually put them back in the bank. I just wouldn't take it out of the ATM in the first place. ?????

    I guess it's all mind tricks...

    I probably don't get it because we generally don't use cash for anything.

    Good Luck on the efund!

  2. monkeymama Says:
    August 19th, 2007 at 01:32 pm 1187530377
    1187530377

    oops

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
    August 19th, 2007 at 01:56 pm 1187531814
    1187531814

    We do use cash a lot, though, so it makes sense for me, finding a painless way to save. I don't use ATM's at all. Don't even have an ATM card.

  4. Ima saver Says:
    August 19th, 2007 at 03:12 pm 1187536369
    1187536369

    I don't have an ATM card either. I use cash for everything other than regular bills that I pay by check. I save all my change everyday except pennies. I take it to the bank once an month and add it to my savings.

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