https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:24:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1337232 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 02:45:42 +0000 Kimberlybee 1337232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeydew: Awww that is too cute! My DH would love a counting jar. My DH would remind me to empty my coins into the jar every other day. It was so exciting to watch it get full. We ended up putting it towards an Apple iMac. We are working in our 2nd stash and I want LO to learn how to save too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1332064 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:39:01 +0000 plantains 1332064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We save it in a big jar. The last time we cashed it in for a $230 Amazon gift card which we promptly used to buy our Uppababy G-Luxe:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1329248 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:15:48 +0000 Corduroy 1329248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We collect it in a container and take it to coinstar. You can get gift cards to a few places for no fee (at least you could when we did it). We usually do it around Christmas and buy some presents from Amazon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1329127 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:08:11 +0000 teamjse 1329127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it in Lo's piggy bank. Everytime it gets full we take it to coinstar . The funds goes into lo's bank account. Each trip will get around $300 to $400. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1329125 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:05:07 +0000 Honeydew 1329125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kimberlybee that is awesome and my DH would be envious.</p> <p>Both myself and DH have jars to collect spare change. My DH is more into now since he has a jar that counts as you put money in. Every day after he comes home from work he says, honey I have now X amount of dollars!!! and shakes the jar. Super cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1329102 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:59:17 +0000 Kimberlybee 1329102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! It got really fun after a couple of years. We didn't put any pennies in the bottle and had a separate container for pennies. We did this while trying to pay down our credit cards so we used cash for eating out and would throw change in every few days. It's a lot harder to do now since I mainly shop at Target with the red card. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1318669 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 22:16:40 +0000 swurlygurl 1318669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have like 8 piggy banks between the 3 of us, so we've been putting them away for the last 3.5 years. Wonder what our total is by now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1318459 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:16:42 +0000 MrsH 1318459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It stays in the center console in my car or gets put in a bucket on DHs dresser and we roll the change when it gets full. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1318408 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:42:32 +0000 sorrycharlie 1318408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep what little change I have in my ashtray in my car! I really never, ever use cash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1318358 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:10:10 +0000 mediagirl 1318358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a giant pickle jar we save coins in. We ended up with over $1000 for our honeymoon. Now we're saving for spending cash for our 10 year anniversary trip. All coins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change/page/2#post-1318342 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:45:05 +0000 Brassgiraffe 1318342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: @swedishfish: @fussygal: @stine_ciro: add my DH to the club! His change is everywhere (as are his shoes, his shirts, his receipts...). I think I'll start collecting it for myself, buy something fancy when I collect enough, and tell him how I bought it. That will probably convince him to put it in our change jars for maaaaybe one day :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318292 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:12:37 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1318292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm in the car, it goes in the console to pay for sodas at Sonic (@Leialou - love happy hour!), otherwise it goes into a glass beer mug we have in the closet. We take it to Coinstar periodically for a gift card.</p> <p>@Cherrybee - DH is the same - he leaves it everywhere! I am constantly moving it to our change mug. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318262 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:47:54 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1318262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: wow, that's impressive </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318250 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:43:20 +0000 boots 1318250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep our spare change in an unused jewelry box. Quarters go toward laundry, and the rest gets saved until we have enough to cash it in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318242 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:41:22 +0000 mrsjazz 1318242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pre-LO we used to keep our loose change in a vase. Once the vase got full DH would roll the change. We saved up enough to help purchase the lovely MacBook Pro I am typing to you ladies from right now.</p> <p>Now all of our loose change goes into one of her two banks. She has a real piggy bank and one of those plastic crayon banks, both are almost full. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318233 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:38:04 +0000 Bookish 1318233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: Our family did this with a giant bottle! Huge, 2 and a half foot tall bottle and it took us years to fill it up. We each got quite a bit put in our savings account from that thing! It was so cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318228 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:36:06 +0000 Dandelion 1318228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It doesn't last. I give DS quarters for ice cream at school and for the stupid coin machines at the grocery store. The rest usually ends up in his piggy bank one way or another. He never spends it so maybe its most safe there lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318225 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:35:18 +0000 Bao 1318225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one of those change counter containers as well as a bowl in our junk drawer. We just collect it and then turn it in now and then. Last time we had $91, not bad since we do dip into it for things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318221 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:33:30 +0000 fussygal 1318221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: That is AWESOME. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1318219 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 17:32:04 +0000 fussygal 1318219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a small stash of change in my car and another container in the house where we dump the rest. We just had to upgrade from a Benihana buddha glass to the bigger ceramic container. We haven't cashed it in for 3-4 years, but since we use our debit cards so much it probably isn't much anyway.</p> <p>@Cherrybee: Haha, my DH is exactly the same. He leaves his change EVERYWHERE. In my mind that leave it up for grabs :) But usually I just put it in our giant container. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317961 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:13:06 +0000 Mommy Finger 1317961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept ours in a few random cups and turned it in to coinstar and used it to buy our DSLR. We did not have quite as much as @Kimberlybee though. I'm super impressed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317952 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:09:54 +0000 Kimberlybee 1317952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are large sized reusable grocery bags. It was really fun to save! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317947 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:08:48 +0000 Kimberlybee 1317947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We cut an opening after it was super glued to add money in. I think the actual amount was $1839 and some change. </p> [attach=394/14/myudap.449x600.image.jpg] [attach=394/14/myudar.449x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317935 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:06:17 +0000 fancyfunction 1317935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a tin in the kitchen that we store the loose change in. We use it for metered parking and also when the tin is full, we turn it in at the bank for paper money that goes into our "fun" stash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317865 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:47:03 +0000 Kimberlybee 1317865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We kept throwing loose change in those huge clear 5 gallon reusable water bottles and sealed the lid tight with super glue. We did this for 5 years and also threw in paper currency too. When it got so full, we had to bust it open and cashed it in for almost $2000!!! We are restarting our 2nd bucket of change! I will post a pic later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317852 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:42:40 +0000 Mae 1317852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really get a ton because we rarely use cash, but we have a bowl in our junk drawer we toss it into. And I periodically scavenge the quarters for a little jar I keep in my car for parking meters. Although *most* meters in Columbus now take credit cards which is amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317844 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:40:30 +0000 Alivoo01 1317844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep a little stash in my car and the rest go in a cup inside the house. We use it to buy snacks or coffee in the morning. DS got a piggy bank for Christmas so any loose change that goes in there will get deposited into his account! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317838 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:37:52 +0000 swedishfish 1317838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: do you and I have the same husband? Before we were married I called DH's bedroom carpet the "change carpet" because I'd always find coins on the floor. Now he keeps the change on his nightstand, on his dresser, on the ironing board (?), etc.</p> <p>We have a jar on DH's dresser (the jar is ON his dresser and he won't put the change in!!!) and we take it to the bank every once in a while to put into savings. Last time we had $38. I once had over $200 in change. I love extra money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317805 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:29:59 +0000 matador84 1317805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has a little mason jar that says "don't touch my 'stache" with a pic of a mustache on it and change goes into that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/loose-change#post-1317772 Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:22:03 +0000 looch 1317772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to have a ton of coins (in Switzerland, you have the equivalent of $1, $2 and $5 in coins). I would carry them all in a zip top case and I would pay for coffees this way, usually counting out 10 cent stacks, lol. My friends would always cower in the corner, lol, but I had to get rid of all of that change. </p>