Saving money

I forgot to mention that I also found a metro card with $2.20 on it
but I didn't win the lottery  

Hey, that's more than you had before.

No kidding, kinda like you won the mini lotto.

found $2 worth of quarters in a phone return slot yesterday .

Friday night is my office Holiday party. there are raffles and door prizes. 2 years ago I won a really nice picnic basket which I gave my cousin, as she and her husband go sailing and during the summer have picnics on the beach.
last year I didn't win anything but the guy who won lots of stuff is on our phoenix office now so maybe I'll have a chance. It is my birthday, after all. LOL

Let's see it's 65 right? 

no, I'll be as old as you . 

I won a $10 gift card to Starbucks at the office party on Friday

Cool! We'll see if I win anything this year...our party is Wednesday.

there were lots of prizes. The grand prize was a 32 in flat screen tv. there were also raffles including a lotto scratch off tree, a 1 day PTO, a $100 gift certificate to target, one to Macy's a $75 gift cert to TRU, and 2 tickets to a nets game. there was also a 50/50 where we threw in $1 bills with our name. 2 people won and it was split 50/50. then there were a whole bunch of $10 gift cards to Subway, Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks. My prize was the last one drawn!

That's great. Glad you won the gift certificate.

I'm not a huge starbucks fan, but I do enjoy their winter themed drinks as a rare treat

Yours was the last one? Nothing like suspense wondering if you were getting anything at all.

Saturday I brought my little tin of coins to the bank. got $42 dollars! and someone had told me about a used bookstore in Midwood so Sunday I got on bus to check it out. I brought some paperbacks with me and got $8 for them

That's great LK.

Cool Lovekitties.....and later on you can turn more books in and get some new ones to read for not much money.

right now I've got more books than I can handle to read. I estimate I'll be through them by 2020 LOL

So many books....not nearly enough time to read them all. Story of my life too.

my little tin filled up again so I brought it in to the bank on Saturday. $44.32!
I'm also getting a pile of books together to take back to that bookstore in Oct. The proprietor told me they usually only buy books during the week. and since I work I can't get in to redeem them, but I'll be taking a week off in Oct so I'll bring in a bunch then

Very cool. You've inspired me to pinch some pennies for a few weeks. I need to pile up some change.

this is all change I find on the street, or on the floor in stores, or in slots like payphones, metrocard machines vending machines, etc I have another stash of coins that I save, any change over $1 in my coin purse at the end of the day gets thrown in there. It's a larger tin and its about half full now.

I should go around my house and find the change I just put down. I take it out of my pockets and put it on the kitchen table, the night stand, the desk, wherever. It's silly. I probably have $20 of change lying around the house.

Don't forget the couch.

LOL. Would you believe I've never found change there. Smelly socks, yes, but no change

Well no socks here but cat toys for sure.

I'm still finding cat toys in odd places