Saving Money

[Mortlives]

I'm sure this has been posted before by others, but I think it's worth repeating.

I was going to put this on the budget board, but it really applies mostly to us Canadians. I have started doing something a little different for this coming trip. Instead of putting loonies and toonies in with the rest of the change in our change jar, I throw it in a desk drawer. Then, when I've accumulated a bit, I go to the bank and change it to US. In just a month, I saved $60CDN, which I converted on Saturday, so we should have ample ready cash for incidentals by the time February rolls around. And because it's coins, I really don't notice them missing.

Kungaloosh!
Morticia.

 

[GrannyEv]

I've been doing sort of the same thing. Out of each pay I take 20 and put it in my "Disney" box. I don't really miss the twenty every other week and by the time next September rolls around I will have enough money for the grandkids for spending money.

 

[LdnCpl]

We opened up a US account and my cheque is deposited Friday of every week and every Friday I go online and I put $40US into the acct. It's our 'Disney' acct