Counting Change

One of the ways that I save some extra money for my Disney trips (stop rolling your eyes... yes I'm talking about Disney again) is to put any change I have in a cookie jar. So I got the cookie jar down the other night and started sorting, counting, and stacking.

Now you're probably saying "Why not take it to the machine at the bank or the green machine at the grocery." Well when I see those machines I think about a Vegas slot machine... you put ten dollars in and get a dollar back. Not that I think that "they" have set the machine to take money...no...no conspiracy theory here. First of all I don't like the machines because they are so loud...counting by hand is quiet. Also the machine doesn't tell you how much you have until they are done. If you count by hand, you know as you go and there's a satisfaction there.

So I got done and have a tidy little sum to supplement my Disney money. That saving your change thing does work. Now I'm starting on next year's cookie jar.