There was a bunch of change on the kitchen counter and I had a ton in my purse, so I got a sports bottle, took the lid off and put it on my dresser. I have a great start on filling it up already. I told dh to put his loose change in there every night too. I am excited to see how quickly we will fill it up and how much there will be in there when it is full

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What are you going to buy with it when it's full? I just use the self checkouts at walmart and put my loose change in there to pay for my items(If no one is waiting behind me).

I have no idea. It will probably go to savings or something.

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I have a jar in my laundry room. When its full i depoist half into each of my girl saving accounts.

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Good for you! Use it for something special. We use ours for a night away during tax season. You'll be surprised how quickly it adds up!

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I not only have a change jar, I have a "singles" jar for my one dollar bills. Whenever I pay for something and I get change, I put the dollar bills in the jar. I love saving that way!

I do this too. When I get daring, I make a $5's can(old baby formula can) and I do not touch that for a month or two. This is the heating oil money that I prepay for so we get the discount. This year I am glad we did because we paid $2.67 a gallon and it is now over $3.10 a gallon.

Our best month so far, we saved $173 in ones and about $50 in change.

We have a change bucket (an old OxyClean bucket) that sits on the floor, next to Brian's dresser. He doesn't use change for anything, so everyday, he adds to it. I rolled some of it in October, and had over $100 just in quarters!! I have a small piggy bank that sits on our dryer, that any loose change I find in the laundry, goes in there. I also save my singles (1's), and since mid-October, have saved over $50!! It's been awesome!! I plan on deposting the singles in our checking account, and 1/2 of the spare change as well, in January, to help pay off my one credit card, and possibly the propane bill as well! The bucket is now about 3/4 of the way full, so there should be quite a chunk of change to deposit, I hope. The other 1/2 of the change will go into savings.

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~*~ Angie~*~
Wife to Brian
SAHM to Sarah & Andy 2/11/2000

Just wanted to say Congrats to Happymom for starting one. And it will make you so happy when you count it all in a few months.

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October Coupon Savings: $111.52 as of 10.8
Groceries: $59.62 as of 10.9


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Oh great! We save about $500 a year in our change jar.