If last week was "naked guy" week, this week was "seemingly well put together guy sleeping outside" week. Two separate times I saw young men in nice clothes and nice shoes sleeping outside. One guy was on a bench in a bank entry way and another was on a front step. When I saw the guy on the front step, I also heard music playing, which I assume was his cell phone - either a call coming in or his alarm going off. Not that it mattered, he was passed out and couldn't hear it. I'd love to hear these guys' stories the next day.
I had another good week - or at least a good day. This morning I found $8.74, including a $5.00 bill and two $1.00 bills. They were in three different spots again, which is now only the second time in my life that's happened. My weekly total was $9.84, so you can see that it really was just one big day.
Being July 31, I did have the fun time of counting up all my money for the month this evening. Drum roll... $60.35! I am pretty excited, didn't think it was that much. That included 385 pennies and more than $10.00 in quarters. Both of those are records. In July 2010, I only found $10.85, so this just adds to me being way ahead of my 2010 totals.
Hopefully this coming week will be good as well - Paul McCartney is playing Wrigley Field tonight and tomorrow so I am looking forward to running this week. I hope I didn't jinx it. Knock on wood and have a great week.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Surpise!
So this week got started with a bang as I saw a naked man on my way out to go running on Monday morning. He was sleeping peacefully, so I decided to go a slightly different direction as to not wake him from his naked slumber. How I love this city. One of my friends said that it was Henry from "The Time Traveler's Wife," so that's what I'm going with.
Other than that, lots of change this week. I found $8.27 all in coins, which makes for fun runs. I also found $.26 in Canadian money and the Ace of Clubs - which I didn't have so that's exciting. I'm getting closer and closer to the full deck. For all of you Jackyl fans out there, I came across a guitar pick of Jeff Worley's. I'm keeping it for when they get really big.
I guess this will be a short update this week. Next week I'll have my July totals, which I'm definitely looking forward to counting. Have a great week!
Other than that, lots of change this week. I found $8.27 all in coins, which makes for fun runs. I also found $.26 in Canadian money and the Ace of Clubs - which I didn't have so that's exciting. I'm getting closer and closer to the full deck. For all of you Jackyl fans out there, I came across a guitar pick of Jeff Worley's. I'm keeping it for when they get really big.
I guess this will be a short update this week. Next week I'll have my July totals, which I'm definitely looking forward to counting. Have a great week!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Cash and More
A good week was capped off by a brilliant day this morning. I found a $10.00 bill, $5.00 bill and $1.00 bill all in different spots. That's a first for me. I've found paper money twice in one run but never in three different spots. I also found $1.58 in change, including 43 pennies. Yeah, I was carrying quite the load today. I love it, though!
A couple of other high notes this week include $5.00 in Cubs cash, which is good at Wrigley Field for pretty much anything I want. Since I'm going to the Cubs game next Saturday, that will come in handy. It's like finding cash, but I'm not counting it that way. I also found a $1.00 McDonald's certificate, so that's kinda cool. I don't go there too often, but I perhaps see some McDonald's ice cream in my future because it's supposed to be super hot this week. Speaking of ice cream, I also found a Buy One Get One Free coupon for a concrete mixer at Culver's. I love me some Culver's, but too bad there isn't one anywhere near me.
On the odd side of things, I also found two neckties this week. I debated picking them up because I don't really have a need for them and I didn't really feel like carrying them. I ended up grabbing them and they actually fit pretty nicely in my shorts pockets. I am keeping an eye on the ebay to see if there ends being a market for them.
My total for the week was $21.99, so July has been very successful so far. I hope everyone has a great week and I hope to have another great total to share next Sunday!
A couple of other high notes this week include $5.00 in Cubs cash, which is good at Wrigley Field for pretty much anything I want. Since I'm going to the Cubs game next Saturday, that will come in handy. It's like finding cash, but I'm not counting it that way. I also found a $1.00 McDonald's certificate, so that's kinda cool. I don't go there too often, but I perhaps see some McDonald's ice cream in my future because it's supposed to be super hot this week. Speaking of ice cream, I also found a Buy One Get One Free coupon for a concrete mixer at Culver's. I love me some Culver's, but too bad there isn't one anywhere near me.
On the odd side of things, I also found two neckties this week. I debated picking them up because I don't really have a need for them and I didn't really feel like carrying them. I ended up grabbing them and they actually fit pretty nicely in my shorts pockets. I am keeping an eye on the ebay to see if there ends being a market for them.
My total for the week was $21.99, so July has been very successful so far. I hope everyone has a great week and I hope to have another great total to share next Sunday!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Cash, Police and Lotto
I'm no stranger to seeing parked police cars when I'm out running, but today the were busy at work. Right when I was running by a few police cars (and from what I could see, nothing was going on), I heard "Please exit the building with your arms in the air. I want to see your hands." I put a little extra giddy-up in my step at that point to get past that situation. I saw them walk in to a diner and I didn't hear anything else. I didn't see anything in the news either. I guess I'll never know.
The other exciting thing that happened this week was finding a $10.00 bill on my way back from the grocery store on Monday. I was walking on some random side street and there it was, smiling at me on the road. Good times.
This morning I found my second winning lottery ticket. It was only a dollar, but I'll take it. It was one of those automatic winners where you get the cash symbol and you win no matter what. I mean, it doesn't get any easier than that. Now I have to start looking at more lottery tickets because who knows how many winners are out there. This could become troublesome though because there are a LOT of lottery tickets out there. I'll have to be strategic about it.
My total for the week was $14.29, so pretty damn good. Talk to you next Sunday!
The other exciting thing that happened this week was finding a $10.00 bill on my way back from the grocery store on Monday. I was walking on some random side street and there it was, smiling at me on the road. Good times.
This morning I found my second winning lottery ticket. It was only a dollar, but I'll take it. It was one of those automatic winners where you get the cash symbol and you win no matter what. I mean, it doesn't get any easier than that. Now I have to start looking at more lottery tickets because who knows how many winners are out there. This could become troublesome though because there are a LOT of lottery tickets out there. I'll have to be strategic about it.
My total for the week was $14.29, so pretty damn good. Talk to you next Sunday!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Happy 4th of July
Well, I can't believe that we are halfway through 2011. It's been a fun six months chronicling my street finds, not to mention a lucrative six months. I've got three updates for you this week so let's get right to it.
This week I found $7.99, so that's pretty good. I found my first dollar coin, which was exciting. Usually when I see a gold coin it's either foreign money, a car wash token or some type of gaming token. So when I saw that it was actually cash, I was kinda stoked. In addition to the money, I found coupons for free Ball Park hot dogs, a free Jimmy Dean product and a free case of water from the Jewel. Between the three, they are valued at up to $16.00, so that's almost better than finding the money...especially when we had a barbecue with some friends last night and needed to buy hot dogs and water. It doesn't get better than free.
My June monthly total was $32.35, so that is also exciting. The cool thing is that it is only my third highest monthly total of the year. I kinda hope that ranking falls over the rest of the year. I'll take $32 every month.
Lastly, my total for the first six months of the year is $181.65. I'm thrilled with that because my total for all of 2010 was $260. I don't want to jinx anything, but hopefully I can keep up that pace.
I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. Talk to you next week!
This week I found $7.99, so that's pretty good. I found my first dollar coin, which was exciting. Usually when I see a gold coin it's either foreign money, a car wash token or some type of gaming token. So when I saw that it was actually cash, I was kinda stoked. In addition to the money, I found coupons for free Ball Park hot dogs, a free Jimmy Dean product and a free case of water from the Jewel. Between the three, they are valued at up to $16.00, so that's almost better than finding the money...especially when we had a barbecue with some friends last night and needed to buy hot dogs and water. It doesn't get better than free.
My June monthly total was $32.35, so that is also exciting. The cool thing is that it is only my third highest monthly total of the year. I kinda hope that ranking falls over the rest of the year. I'll take $32 every month.
Lastly, my total for the first six months of the year is $181.65. I'm thrilled with that because my total for all of 2010 was $260. I don't want to jinx anything, but hopefully I can keep up that pace.
I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. Talk to you next week!
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