I just learned that the US is about to start issuing dollar coins again.
I really hope this catches on this time around. I absolutely love using coins for singles and even up to probably around $5. When I was in Germany, I got really enamored with using coins for similar currency values.
The biggest [...]
My biggest hobby expenses are eating out, going to the movies, season ticket for Iowa Hawkeye football, and blogging.
I’m working on the eating out and going to the movies a little bit less. The season ticket prices cannot really be cut and I am not willing to give up the tickets. But, what [...]
We have a giant glass jar in our bedroom. Every night we throw our loose change in it and hope the kids don’t steal it to put in their piggy banks. We also started putting all the money that was part of the grocery budget but wasn’t actually spent in the jar. [...]
I have seen a couple movies at the theater over the last few days and was reminded of how much that costs. It is a worthwhile expense for me because the picture and sound quality is so much better than I can get on my current TV and I don’t want to spend the [...]
Late last month, I started throwing all of my $1 bills into my jar every night and ended up with $22.
Nice little tiny start toward my 2007 goal of having $1000 in the jar on 12/31/07.
In January, I am going to try and add another $150 to the jar. This is going to come [...]
