How much have you spent on the penny presses?

[jillybeene71]

The first couple of days it wasnt a big deal...I have 3 kids (Ryan 5, Dustin 13 & Kaitlyn 15) Ryan and I were waiting for the other 2 (they were on the mummy for the 15th time) when he spotted a machine that looked like fun to mess around with. I gave him .51 and let him go at it... when Dustin came and saw what Ryan had, naturally he wanted to do it too. Here and there we'd see the machines, they would each get a penny and stick it in my pockets. By Thursday...I found out from another kid that they sell books to hold these pennies. I thought that was the funniest thing. So i go to the I love Lucy shop and buy them each a book...Friday, most of the day was spent trading old nasty pennies for pretty shiny ones and changing dollars to quarters. Everytime we came to a machine, Kaitlyn would say (under her breath, but loud enough for me to hear) "Oh God, not again" Saturday we counted and came up with 28 for Ryan and 24 for Dustin. For a total of 26.52
And Im sure we dont even have half of them. Well we're going back next July, so I'm looking for the shiny pennies now. lol