Saving Money?
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| Thu, 12-30-2004 - 11:04pm |
I am writing to see if anyone saves money using a "jar"?
I am asking because lately I have talked to so many people who say "Put extra change in the jar and you'll be amazed at the end of the year!" etc. etc.
Well, the ideas have been various: a jar for my kids college, a jar to "snowflake" my own college debt, a jar to save for "fun events", a jar to save for a family vacation, etc. etc.
So I can't very well have 5 different jars going can I? Then NONE of that will be that dramatically impressive. So how does one choose the one thing they will save change for.
(I ask because my mom and her partner and funding a $5,000 vacation this coming summer purely by using money they collected by redeeming cans/bottles they found while taking walks the last 4 1/2 years!)
So, what system do you use and how do you decide what goes where and how much?
Thanks!
~Kiya

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I have an envelope in my filing cabinet called "Project Fetus." I'm pregnant (due in August) and this is a good way to save up a bit of money. I throw all change and some dollar bills in there. I've only done it three weeks but am already close to a $40 total. I spent $20 on a sleeper and some newborn diapers. Since diapers are a necessity this is a good, painless way to get them :) And it's in an envelope, put away b/c DH and I need that out of sight, out of mind thing. Otherwise we'd spend it all! LOL
We used to have one of those big water jugs from a water cooler and that thing rocked for change! At one point while I was waitressing I wouldn't cash in my change after my shifts and that thing barely looked like it had any in it and it was already up to $80!
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