https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:18:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-571003 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:12:47 +0000 Bao 571003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: I wish ours had a free coin counter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-570853 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:55:56 +0000 BananaPancakes 570853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a little pony keg we keep it in. We're still filling it up and have yet to take it in. Our bank has a free coin counter, so eventually, we'll take it there. I'm guessing there is a lot of money in there. I can't pick it up anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-570565 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:34:41 +0000 chopsuey 570565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never use cash. Only my debit card! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-570532 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:11:36 +0000 bunnylove08 570532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh throw all this coins in a mason jar and we bring it to the bank when it's full. It will be going into dd'a savings </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569804 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:49:03 +0000 softcream 569804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i like to use change to pay for things in cash. DH likes to throw it all in a bowl in our living room. he's in the middle of rolling them all up now.</p> <p>i fish around the bowl for quarters when we're running low on laundry quarters, or if i know i'll be parking somewhere with meters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569774 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:25:32 +0000 bienlivingdesign 569774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Let's see...we've lived here for almost 7 years, so...that long! It paid for about 3/4 of it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569747 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:14:10 +0000 tysonja 569747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we don't use cash very often, so when we do have coins they get used for making exact change. i don't think i ever have more than a tiny handful of change in my change purse! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569664 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:56:18 +0000 apis 569664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few Christmases ago, my wife got me a metal piggy bank, so now that's where the pennies live. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569479 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:14:44 +0000 GrapeCrush 569479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It goes in DS piggy bank </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569472 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:05:17 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 569472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I rarely have change and when I do I use it to buy drinks at Sonic during happy hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569465 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:54:14 +0000 Bao 569465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bienlivingdesign: how many years did you save? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569455 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:44:05 +0000 HLK208 569455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Put it in DS's piggy bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569454 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:38:09 +0000 bienlivingdesign 569454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I throw all of our change in a big shopping bag in one of our kitchen cabinets. Cashed in last summer &amp; bought a MacBook Air! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569446 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:16:14 +0000 Bao 569446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MUI831: wow!! That's a lot of change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569435 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:04:51 +0000 Sweet T 569435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We keep some in our cars to make exact change when we're paying cash. Most of it goes in DS's piggy bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569428 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:00:22 +0000 luckypenny 569428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take all of the quarters for parking and the rest goes into a automatic coin counter. This is new because MIL gave us that for Xmas. DH used to leave his change everywhere! It was driving me crazy lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569421 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:54:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 569421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it into an empty bathroom wipes container. Eventually I will convert the loose change to bills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569417 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:57 +0000 StbHisMrs 569417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it in a tall tin in the bedroom, I also purposely don't use change unless I have to just to put it in the tin :) Lately I've been cashing it in around Christmas time to give us a little larger budget for the kids. It's usually around $160! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569416 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:52:20 +0000 banana 569416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH and I are pretty good about using change whenever we buy stuff. I carry a little pouch in my bag with change and we use it every time we shop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569410 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:48:28 +0000 Ash 569410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have 2 years of change that we keep meaning to take in. I always say we'll put it towards a vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569389 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:30:16 +0000 PurplePumps 569389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We almost never use cash so we don't have change. But if we do, I toss it in my draw at work to buy coffee with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569386 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:28:24 +0000 Mommy Finger 569386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just bought a dslr camera with all of dh's change! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569384 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:27:08 +0000 LemonLong 569384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I save it in a glass vase, when it gets full I dump it into a coins tar for an Amazon gift card. Last time we got almost $100! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569383 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:24:13 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 569383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have these clear containers, about the size of a fist, that I keep in the upper half of the secretary in DS's nursery. They're behind glass and I keep the doors locked so if somehow he managed to climb up there he wouldn't be able to get in (no way for him to climb up either but I'm paranoid). </p> <p>One jar is for pennies, another for nickels and dimes, and quarters. I have no idea what I'll do with them once they're full but I imagine I'll open a bank account for DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569375 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:17:11 +0000 cascademom 569375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I save it up in a glass container. I go to the grocery store and Coinstar it. I usually get an Amazon giftcard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569368 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:12:51 +0000 MrsH 569368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put it in a container and roll it every couple of years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569302 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:35:59 +0000 Mrs.VW 569302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put ours in a tin container in our kitchen. When we go on a trip, we cash it in. We always guess how much it will be :) I purposely NEVER use my change so that helps it to add up quickly to help with trips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569297 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:33:40 +0000 rachiecakes 569297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I donate the change in my car to drop boxes.<br /> The change in my house goes into DS's piggy bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569274 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:18:14 +0000 sera_87 569274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use it to make exact change if I'm paying cash for something. Otherwise silver goes in a vase and pennies go in a beer bottle hockey piggybank thing. Except Canada is phasing out the penny so probably should get that rolled soon... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-your-spare-change#post-569268 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:15:44 +0000 Alivoo01 569268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's at home, it goes into a cup on the dining room table that I'll fish out $1.29 every now and then to buy coffee on the way to the train.</p> <p>If it's at the shop, it goes into a bag that gets deposited into the kid's account every quarter. </p>