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Snowflakes to Big Goal

June 11th, 2017 at 12:58 am

Small amounts add up. I'm pretty sure I have said that before!

Our bank reimbursed us for a $3 ATM (incurred while my husband is away), plus gave us $0.07 for interest.

I sold four CDs of an older band on eBay earlier this week for a net profit of $1.67. Considering the used book/music store wouldn't even buy them, I'm happy with the small amount.

Just tonight I listed two books on eBay and one on half.com. One already sold! I expect a net of $4.90.

I think I mentioned in a past blog post that I was using up my change while out doing my normal purchases. I had $5.09 in coins, with over a dollar in pennies. I did get it spent. What I found to be a great place to spend it was at self checkouts that accept cash! Five dollars in coins is heavy in my wallet, so I didn't have it all with me initially.

Last night on a trip to Target, I made a point to take it all so I could get rid of it! Luckily there were no other people waiting while I inserted nearly $2 in coins in the machine. My balance was far more, but the machine lets you pick Pay With Card if you don't have enough cash, so that is what I did. I have moved $5.09 from our spending budget to our savings! And while I would have liked to have just deposited directly to our account, we bank online, so that isn't an easy option for us.

I'm gathering all the snowflakes I can while we rack up the cash towards our Big Goal, which you can get details on the sidebar if you don't know what that is. Smile

3 Responses to “Snowflakes to Big Goal”

  1. CB in the City Says:
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    That's what I used to do with extra coins, too! Nowadays I don't accumulate many since I usually pay by credit card.

  2. ThriftoRama Says:
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    Funny. I've started dumping as many pennies and nickels into the self checkout as I can when I pay cash! Guess we're all on the same page on that one!

  3. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    We have two coin jars where we put our coins - saving towards DHs boat. One of them is nearly 1/2 full.

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