Money Money Money, Finding It Is Easy to Do

So, I've taken too long to post my latest found money. But I've been busy. Sort of. I've been staying home. Mostly. I've been bored. Sometimes. 

As you can see, I don't really have a good excuse.

Anyway, this pandemic is certainly strange, isn't it? I'm not going out as much as normal but when I do venture out to the post office or the grocery store (and occasionally to a dollar store or Walmart, ugh), I am still finding money. 

Since April when I last posted I've found $12.48 in coins! 

I've also found several foreign coins (from Vietnam, Iceland, Mexico, Canada, and Europe), and I found a flattened penny (like someone put it on a train track maybe; it's just flat, not the embossed kind from one of those flat penny machines), and I found a carwash token.

I still find it strange (and wonderful) to find a pile of coins in the tray of a coin machine. Okay, so a few of them are usually gnarly looking or stuck together, but many coins are useable, like the three quarters and two dimes plus a few pennies I found just this morning in a coin machine tray at the grocery store. I don't get it. Well, when I find them, I do get it. So that's good.

Have you been staying in? Going out? Working from home? Back at work? Whatever you're doing, I hope you're staying safe, wearing a mask when out and about, and keeping away from people. 

I've been reading more. I zipped through American Dirt a few weeks ago in record time. This novel about migrants coming north through Mexico was a real eye opener. Even though it received flack for it being written by a woman who is not Mexican (why should that matter?) and about characters that many critics didn't find to be typical (the characters were well fleshed out and believable), I loved it. 



Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  167 pennies, 9 nickels, 59 dimes, 17 quarters, 1 gold dollar coin, 1 flattened penny, a Euro coin, 4 Mexican coins, 1 Canadian dime and 1 nickel, 1 Icelandic krona, 1 Vietnam coin, 1 carwash token  

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $29.39

Still Finding Money During the Pandemic

I don't know about you, but I'm still going out during this self-isolation that we all are supposed to be doing. Of course I am trying to be careful by wearing a cloth face mask I made, going into stores to get what I need and getting out quickly, using hand sanitizer or a wipe when I leave stores, washing my hands when I get home.

That sort of thing. But I'm also taking lots of walks, mostly alone or with Mister Tom, just to get out of the house.

In fact, my life hasn't changed that much since this is what I was mostly doing before. I do miss hitting thrift stores since they're now closed, but other than that, not that much is all that different. I do miss getting together with family and friends though.

How about you? Are you going stir crazy or holding up okay? I hope everyone's doing just fine. And staying healthy, of course.

I am still finding money. In fact since my last blog post I've found $7.47. Not too bad.

Here's a photo of the money I've found. I even found three Mexican coins. In Mexico! I went to Mexico a few times to the dentist, and on two visits there I found the coins.

It was pretty cool to know that the locals there drop coins just like we do here.

Have you had good luck finding everything you need right now?

As for me, I've done okay. I had a good supply of toilet paper on hand thanks to running out about 2 weeks before the scramble began. I'd gone to Costco and bought one of their mega packs, which I still have some of. And while at Fry's (Kroger) a few weeks ago I was in the store  when they restocked so I grabbed a big package.

One thing I haven't been able to find is hand sanitizer but that's not something I've ever been a big user of. I would buy some if I found it.



In case you want to try your hand at making your own, here's a book to check out if you want. I have a ton of aloe vera plants so just need to track down some alcohol (the rubbing kind, not the drinking kind).

Well, guess that's it for now. Stay safe and take care.

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  87 pennies, 8 nickels, 27 dimes, 10 quarters, 1 $1 bill, 3 Mexican coins

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $16.91

Almost Two Months into 2020: Found Money Status

Well, I've dragged my feet for almost two months before updating my found money blog. It seems like this year is flying by, and each time I think of writing a blog post, I get distracted by something or other (like a cup of coffee or an episode of American Greed or something else equally important). 

So, here we go. My first blog post of this year.

I've been finding plenty of money lately. In fact, I've found two $1 bills. Sometimes it takes me well into the year before I find paper money so this is starting out as a good year for finding money. 

I found one of the bills in line at the grocery store. I watched two people stand there and pay for their stuff until it was my turn. Neither of them picked it up so score! I snapped it right up.

Today I found 15 cents (a nickel and a dime) in a water vending machine. Pretty much every day lately when I go somewhere, I find a few coins.

In all, since the first of the year I've found $9.44! Woo hoo. I also found a Mexican coin.

Mister Tom begged me for some new treats the other day, so I got him some of those stick style deals. Kinda like these. He really likes them.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  92 pennies, 80 nickels, 22 dimes, 14 quarters, 2 $1 bills, 1 Mexican coin

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date:  $9.44

Ending the Year: How Much Money Did I Find in 2019?

As I lay in bed last night listening to fireworks going off (and too tired and uninterested to get up and watch them), I remembered I was supposed to write this found money blog post!

But, since it was after midnight so technically January 1, 2020, I blew it off, too.

So, I found a fair bit of money in the past few weeks, since my last post here. I found $2.64 so that brings my found money total for 2020 to a whopping $63.36.

Not too bad! It's more than I make in a year on some of my investments, so what the heck.

An online friend just published his first children's book, and the drawings and story are so cute. Take a look if you have a youngster in your life.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  29 pennies, 4 nickels, 9 dimes, 5 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date:  $63.36

It's Beginning to Look a Little Bit Like Christmas

Living in the desert means it really doesn't look much like Christmas. Ever. Oh well. A few pluses:

• Mister Tom and I can take a daily walk this time of year (as opposed to during the blistering summers). 

• The sky is blue, the air is warm, I can hang my sheets and clothes out to air dry (all year round).

But people still decorate for the holidays so it is sort of looking like Christmas, I guess.

What about where you live? Does look like December or does it look like an arid wasteland?

But seriously, while I've been out enjoying the lovely weather, I've been finding quite a bit of money. Since my last post (2 months ago, oops!), I've found one dollar bill and a bunch of coins.

I've found $8.51 in coins, in fact, which means I've found $9.51. Yay! I found 4 Sacagawea dollar coins, which was a fun find! I also found 7 random tokens. 

These were all in a change tray of coin machine, just left there by someone, which always amazes me. 

 

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  41 pennies, 5 nickels, 11 dimes, 11 quarters, 4 dollar coins, 1 dollar bill

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date:  $60.72

Better Than a Kick in the Butt; I Found $23.36

Well, it's been about 5 weeks since I last updated my found money report. I hadn't been finding tons of money until last week when, lo and behold, I found a twenty dollar bill! 

So, that makes $23.36 that I found since September 5. Not too bad. I'll stick these coins in my change purse and spend them. The twenty is gone!

I used to keep all of my found money in a big glass jar. I did that for years, about 8 years in fact, but the last time I moved, I couldn't pick up the darned jar!

I had to scoop out the coins and paper money and put it in heavy duty plastic bags and plastic shoe boxes just so I could cart it around!

Then I decided, what the heck. I think I'll spend some of this found money. So, I spent all of it.

And that's what I'm doing with my money as I find it now. I keep it till I make a post then I dump it in my change purse and spend it. Why not?!

So, this photo shows the coins I've found since I last posted. I also found some foreign money:  a 2009 Indian rupee, a 2010 Canadian 10 cent piece, and a 1999 10 cent Euro.

And I found some junk:  a key and a blue button.

Last week I broke down and finally ordered Mister Tom Cat this cat stroller. Of course it would also work for a dog, but he's a cat so we call it a cat stroller.

Here he is enjoying his first ride in it. Now he hops in the thing (I keep it in the living room) for a nap or just to smell it.

I'm so glad I finally got this for him. We both get some fresh air and I get some exercise.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  46 pennies, 5 nickels, 14 dimes, 5 quarters, 1 twenty dollar bill

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date:  $51.21

Found $8.30 in about 2 months

So, I've been negligent in posting about my found money BUT I finally dumped out my little cup tonight and counted it. 

$8.30! Yay!

This is for just less than 2 months. Not bad for just randomly picking up change here and there.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

I recently bought one of those beds in a box. This one in fact and it's great! Have you tried one of these? I unwrapped it and put it on the frame all by myself so it's totally doable!

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  136 pennies,  9 nickels, 31 dimes, 13 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date:  $27.85