I must confess: I
love saving money. Not much of a big confession, but still. A few
years ago I read about a woman who saved all of her $5 bills. Over
the course of so many years she had accrued a nice tidy sum of over
$10, 000. WHAT?!?! So I decided to give it a try and see what I
could do. So any time I received change back that included a $5 bill.
I tucked it away. Even if I gave someone a $20 for something that
was only $4 and received $15 in fives, I put them a side.
After about
a month I had about $100, I was surprised at how quickly it adds up,
but its not so big that you would miss, it like a $20 or so small
that it would take forever to add up, like spare change. The first
thing I did with what I call my '$5 money' is I went Christmas
shopping with it last year. It paid for my lunch, shopping and even
an afternoon pick me up snack. And I still had $5 left over to put
right back into my savings plan. You'd be surprised how quickly it
adds up and even my hubby gives me any $5 bills he has. It has given us the
opportunity to do something when it might not have been in the budget
that week. It was the best thing I had read about saving money in a
long time. And I will continue to do so!
Happy Saving!
Wendy
