All About the Benjamins

Again, let me just kick it off with the big news: I found another $20 bill this week! Last week I was thinking that I jinxed myself talking about all the change and then Tuesday morning I head out and find $20. Thanks to everyone that knocked on wood for me.

When I left the house Tuesday morning it wasn't raining. It started about 10 minutes later and the thunder and lightning made me think it wasn't going to stop anytime soon. I told myself to get to a certain spot and then I would turn around. I cut back a different way that I don't normally run...and that's where I found the $20. Thank you rain storm. It was meant to be.

This was also the week of finding piles of change all in one spot. Yesterday, I finished up my run and was walking almost right in front of my house and I saw three quarters, four dimes and two pennies all sitting together on the street. I was super excited about that one. It's funny because it's light out, there are people walking on the sidewalk (not a lot because it is kinda early, but there are some people out there), so do they see it and just keep walking? Do they not see it? It was on the street and not the sidewalk, but still. People usually tell me that they will stop to pick up a quarter, but not a penny. In this case, it looked like a little treasure on the street. Oh well, I'm not complaining. Thanks to everyone who let it sit there for me to find.

Then this morning, I'm in the middle of my run and see an even larger pile of change. Unfortunately in this case, it was almost all pennies, but there were a hell of a lot of them. It looked like someone just took all of the change from their car and just set it on the street. It was 37 pennies and one nickel. I had a small dilemma deciding on how to carry it all home, but I figured it out. I ended up with $1.81 this morning with 51 pennies. Good times.

My total for the week was $23.93, so this month is looking good. I will have my total next week, so until then, have a good one everyone!

Dry and Nice

As we approach the beginning of Spring (yay!), the weather has been a little nicer. I have to say I enjoy that very much. As much as I loved running this winter in single degree and teen weather, it's super great that I could break out my thinner running pants this week. Plus, this was the first week in a long while where I wasn't running through rain puddles or melted snow. It was nice to be able to wear my shoes into the house and not take them off in the hall when I return from my run. It's supposed to be pretty nice at the beginning of this week, but then back in the 30's at the end. Still, I'm not complaining...too much.

This week, we saw the actual St. Patrick's Day holiday, so I was stoked to get out on Friday morning to see what I could find. I was slightly disappointed in my money finding, only $.58. There sure was some trash out there though. I think I saw about a dozen broken green plastic hats. I saw plenty of those the weekend prior as well. I also saw several shirts and jackets on the street. I usually see some article of clothing about once a week, but there had to be 5 or 6 shirts out there on Friday. It was warmer than usual Thursday night, so I guess some people decided to strip down on the road and then leave it behind.

I had a pretty good money total this week of $3.21, including $1.34 this morning. I also found a King of Hearts playing card which I actually didn't already have. That's very exciting and two weeks in a row of finding a card. This month is shaping up to be pretty lucrative. I have so much change that the little bowl I keep it all in is almost full and there is still 11 days left. Of course, I'm sure I just jinxed the rest of the month for myself. Knock on wood for me.

Have a great week everyone!

Rad St. Patrick's Day

Well it would have been pretty hard to top last week's big find, but I still had a pretty good week. Of course it helps that Chicago celebrated St. Patrick's Day yesterday and there were people out and drinking all day. Finding money that drunk people dropped was my only motivation to get out there this morning because I was not feeling the greatest. Good times, good times. Now, I don't know if I would call what I did this morning running. It was a mixture of a slow jog and walking, but I was not disappointed with my windfall, finding $2.67, including a dollar bill and 37 pennies. Yes, 37 pennies. They were everywhere.

Also this week I found something that reminded me of another thing I pick up when I see it. I found an Ace of Diamonds playing card to add to the deck I'm creating of cards I've found. I have to admit I got the idea from Sex and the City, but a friend and I have been picking them up ever since. In more than 5 years of finding cards, we have a little over half a deck. There are more than 52 cards because there are several repeats, but it may take another 5 years to get the whole deck. That will be an awesome day.

My total for the week ended up being $5.11, so I am pretty happy with that. I also found a rad pin, it says so right on it. Ooh, and a 100 peso coin from Columbia. I don't know how much that's worth, but it looks cool.

Until next time, have a great week!

First Big Find of 2011

So rather than bury the lead this week, I will just kick it off with the news that I found a $20 bill this morning. Yes and yes! It was my first big find of 2011, and I am pretty stoked about it. I was already excited because I found a $1.00 bill earlier in the run, so the $20 was extra icing on the cake.

Before the big find this morning I was having a pretty good week. I found good money on my weekday runs and then found $2.13 yesterday, all in change. I was laughing because it was 4 quarters, 8 dimes, 1 nickel and 28 pennies. Yes, I was carrying quite the haul running yesterday, maybe I shed an extra calorie or two.

So with all that, my weekly total was $25.43. I can't complain about that, especially because my February total was $16.33. I was excited to share that news tonight, but it has been overshadowed by the big bill.

I will keep this short because I didn't see or find too much else of interest this week. But when I find $20, it doesn't get much better than that. Have a great week everyone!