super tired
had to start work at 4am this morning. that meant getting up at 3am
but I got up a few minutes before the alarm went off.
Went to work and did a thorough job. Came back, got gas
and lottery tickets (haha) and then made lunch
and rested for a little bit. Did the dishes...and got dressed in my day clothes (after work clothes)
then did a big shopping for household items like water, toilet paper, paper towels,
snacks for Saturday's Treepeople event, Comet, bar soap and stuff.
Then drove over to the Petsmart and bought kitty litter and then to the Costco
pharmacy for meds and then home. I unpacked the car and put stuff away and then
rest for a bit. Then I decided I was just too overtired and so I bought myself
of Starbucks mud. It's ok - it's definitely a pick me up! It's only 1057a and I've been
up 8 hours now! Woot! I deserve a little something special - but I am going to try and save
a little bit this week even so. I have to grocery shop still - and leave room for more Starbucks,
I'll do that on Friday or Saturday...
but if I can I'll save a little bit and put it in my lock box.
peace and good vibes!
Mark
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I had a roommate who put his pocket change into an over-sized bottle when he came in every night. He called it his vacation fund. He bought some pretty amazing annual vacations with that pocket change. He claimed he always had extra when he got back from vacation. I believed him.
That's really smart! I don't use cash that much but I do
abide by another friend's wisdom and that is
each pay day, pay your savings account like a bill.
So no matter how big or small amount your account is paid.
I have a big piggy bank but with debit cards I need to use cash
less and less. Especially in the times we're in.
I'm not a germaphobe, but I am educated enough in microbiology to have some clues what can be found on a dollar bill. I know where my plastic has been. I can't say the same for paper money. I've long used my credit cards as a checking account, paying them off each month before the interest charges begin. I never charge on my debit cards because they are too close to the household mother lode. With credit cards, I have time to dispute identity theft before the bill comes due and the interest charges commence.
But I've STILL managed to accumulate quite a few coffee cans of change which I need to reckon with. Sooner or later. . . I'll get 'round to it someday.
that's cool. My Dad still puts his change in a jar and each year he gives the contents to my younger sister Alex.
When I do accumulate change I take it to the grocery store 'change kiosk' where I convert it into paper bills vis a vis
the cashier lady.
A friend in Canada though informed me that up there in Canada those kiosks were the source of corruption
in that the real amount that the change was worth was not being counted. Hasn't happened to me though, so
I use the kiosk! :)
Dang you get up early, Marko!
I have a ceramic monkey head that accumulates coins only (except quarters - those are precious gold for the laundry machines I feed weekly). I have debt. Its a reality and only gets bigger (hello incoming medical bills again!) so maybe I should also be buying lottery tickets more often! One never knows, right?
Also, when paying cash, I love that there are no more pennies in Canada. Something tells me my home ceramic monkey head piggy bank would accumulate more value much more quickly if it weren’t loaded up with pennies.
Hope you’re enjoying the day!
thanks Nikki!
The last time I was able to get myself to remember to do it, my bank counted the change for me. These days, the chore isn't quite making it over my busted give-a-damn.
On the subject of pennies, the first time I visited Ecuador in 2002, I was warned that giving change was hard for local merchants. Exact change was muchly preferred. They use US currency, so I carried one of my coffee cans of change to accommodate. None of the merchants would take pennies, so I left a big bag of pennies in my hotel room when I returned home. Considering the reaction I had gotten from the local merchants, I felt a bit ashamed to call it, "Tips for the cleaning crew."
When I went back for my second stint in 2007, there were pennies all over the place. I often wonder if I corrupted the locals with that big bag of pennies. I don't care enough to launch a campaign, but if I ever get a vote, I would do away with pennies, altogether. Who are you kidding with that penny off price tag?
take care of the pennies and the dollars take care of themselves :-)
If you can't manage a penny, a dollar will make you a hundred times more foolish.
Guess I'm getting ever more foolish here in my dotage. . .
Or am I in my first childhood? I didn't get to be a child when I was a child, so I'm claiming my childhood now.
Peace Arfie
Sounds like a good day Mark!
Thanks Becky!
@arfie - this discussion prompted me to look in my junk drawer at my foreign currency collection. Is it wrong that I saved french Francs solely because they have The Little Prince on the bills? Also there are 2 euro cents which, if manufactured here in the US would help to eliminate 50% of the wasted one cent-ers.
I wish we used larger value coins like other countries. Could you imagine paying for Starbucks in coins?
Happy Friday, all!