Saving up Silver

[mickep]

Since I booked my Holiday 12 Months Ago
I have been saving up all my loose 50p,20p,10p and 5p Coins that i had in my pockets at the end of the Day,and just throwing it in a bucket
Last night I counted it up and was amazed :yahoo: that I had Saved up
£828
It will be used for those special treats for my DD and Me :excited:

[triciacarole]

Gosh that's great, might try that one myself :thumbs:

[bawden2]

Good on you. :D

[disneytracy]

that is really good, i'd like to try that but i usually spend everything that's in my purse

[Johnie]

I do that as well. I'm always surprised by how quickly it adds up!

[bawden2]

that is really good, i'd like to try that but i usually spend everything that's in my purse
I do that as well. I was house bound recently and my money still seemed to disappear :unsure: . :rotfl:

[Debbie2]

Wow that's great.

Must have taken a while to count it :D

[mickep]

I Must admit, The Temptation to dip into it was strong, especially when I was pretty Skint :empty:
but I managed to resist the urge :)

[lisaw]

We do this as well with 20p's and we have a £1 tin that when full will have £500 in it - all for Disney :excited:

[mumof2]

WOW!

i saved coppers a couple of years ago and managed £50.00 which i thought was brilliant, but now i've read this ...................:sigh:

:rotfl:

[mickep]

Wow that's great.

Must have taken a while to count it :D

It Did Debbie
Plus I needed Hercules to help me carry it to the Bank :weights: :lol:

[Isafari]

:eek: well done Mick, I'm sure the two of you will enjoy those extra treats ...... I have just been into our shed for a bucket ..... wonder how much I can save before we go away :)
Did the bank charge you to change the coins?
Did you bag it all before you took it?

[uscwest]

Wow that is one heck of a lot of coinage. £828 must be about $1400. That should do very nicely.

[Tinker]

I've been saving my coins again since we returned from WDW in May . I counted it the other night and have close to $50.00 and I have till the end of August to save . Although, it's not much , every little bit helps .

[Debbie2]

It Did Debbie
Plus I needed Hercules to help me carry it to the Bank :weights: :lol:


I bet the cashier was pleased to see you :wink: . Takes me back to my early days in the Bank on the counter..we had a customer who owned a launderette. I always ended up serving him as the others used to pretend to be busy/go slower :sigh: . Took me ages weighing out the bags.

You have done really well. That will pay for all your passes for a start. Well done :clap:

[wdwgrandma]

Here in the US, some of our banks (and grocery stores) have machines that you can toss your coins into. It counts them and returns paper currency. Some charge a fee - but not all do.

[Debbie2]

Here in the US, some of our banks (and grocery stores) have machines that you can toss your coins into. It counts them and returns paper currency. Some charge a fee - but not all do.

Yeah we have some of them now in our supermarkets

[mickep]

:eek: well done Mick, I'm sure the two of you will enjoy those extra treats ...... I have just been into our shed for a bucket ..... wonder how much I can save before we go away :)
Did the bank charge you to change the coins?
Did you bag it all before you took it?

Thanks Isafari
No the was no charge as long as you Pay it into your bank Account
I Bank with NatWest, So I Dont know if the same applies with other banks.
Yes i bagged all the coins into the little plastic money bags, which i got from the bank.
It did take ages to count and bag the money.But it was Sooooo! worth it

[mickep]

[QUOTE=Debbie2]I bet the cashier was pleased to see you :wink: .

Actually she was Fantastic about, She was asking me what I was saving for,and when i told her, she told me that she had been to WDW earlier this year with her BF , and she was saying about the Leave a legacy At Epcot,and I should use some of the Money for that.Which i thought was a great idea. She also said that had put her in a good mood now,remembering the fun she had at WDW

[disneydaft2]

We do the same, saving up all our 1's 2's 5's 10's 20's and 50's. We have a spreadsheet on the computer and keep a tally of every coin we save.

If we didn't do that I would be counting it every week to see what was in it. :rotfl:

Sometimes when getting my change back in a shop I will ask for 50 pences instead of pound coins.

We just changed £285 3 weeks ago and already have another £110 saved.


We change it at the post office, infact the next time we cash it in we will get it changed directly into dollars.

[MPHARJ]

I do the same with all my change and any bills I have left in my purse between paychecks, not sure how much I have so far, not too much but still enough to help out with something.

[hayleyneeyore]

WOW! That is a lot!! We have a big whisky bottle which we have around £100 at the moment, and I thought we were doing really well :lol: That is going for tickets. The more we save, the more we can do!!

That includes money from Ebay too - everything I sell on Ebay (minus fees and postage costs) goes into the pot, it soon adds up!! :D

Well done Mick!! You will have a great time with that!! I don't know how you live in Blackpool with all that coinage, and not run to the Golden Mile... I would have the time of my life in Coral Island with that :lol:

[mickep]

Well done Mick!! You will have a great time with that!! I don't know how you live in Blackpool with all that coinage, and not run to the Golden Mile... I would have the time of my life in Coral Island with that :lol:

Thanks Hayley
Its not long before we go now and we are so :excited:
To be Honest I used to work in Coral Island, and I guess I have fed the machines with quite a few quid over the years.

[hayleyneeyore]

I bet you are excited!! 24 days to go - I am so jealous!! *Looks at own countdown timer*

....That must have been the best job ever :lol: - apart from being the bloke who gets to test ride the Big One every morning :lol:

[Debbie2]

[QUOTE=Debbie2]I bet the cashier was pleased to see you :wink: .

Actually she was Fantastic about, She was asking me what I was saving for,and when i told her, she told me that she had been to WDW earlier this year with her BF , and she was saying about the Leave a legacy At Epcot,and I should use some of the Money for that.Which i thought was a great idea. She also said that had put her in a good mood now,remembering the fun she had at WDW

That's the Bank I worked for upto March this year ..pleased to hear you got good service Mike :)

[mickep]

[QUOTE=mickep]

That's the Bank I worked for upto March this year ..pleased to hear you got good service Mike :)


Yes, I was a bit aprehensive about how,the cashier might react,when I explained that i had a LOT of change to pay in. She said as long as it was all counted and Bagged there wasn`t a problem.

[mickep]

....That must have been the best job ever :lol: - apart from being the bloke who gets to test ride the Big One every morning :lol:


Still, I bet that job has its ups and downs...... :D: SORRY!

[arcamalpha2003]

I have a bertie bassett money box that I put 5p pieces into, helped in part by the misses who tips hers into a cup and I divert them into my bertie bassett:D
Been doing this since we came back last year, a nice wedge to be had once I weigh it in :)

Bill.

[leonaluvspooh]

Fantastic - what a good idea! :thumbs:

Unfortunately, I have a husband who seems to eat loose change! I tend to use my plastic to avoid the Change-Monster getting at my cash! :rotfl:

But good going - I wish I could do the same!! :ears:

[Bellybee]

Great idea I just started ours now