Found MONEY in the Street

Happy New Year, 2024 and So Long, 2023

2023-12-31T17:39:00.002-07:00

Well, here we are. The end of another year. I think this will be the end of my found money blog. I think it's run its course, but I've enjoyed tracking my found money these past 14 years.

Since my last (first) post of 2023, I found another $4.27. That makes 2023's whopping total $24.59. It still amazes me when I find money. It's great!

Here are my stats:

My Found Money Journey

If my math is right, that comes to $425.68. Not too bad for free found money!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 52 pennies, 4 nickels, 18 dimes, 7 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2023 to Date: $24.59

It's 2023? Nobody Told Me!

2023-10-15T17:08:00.001-07:00

Just kidding. I know it's 2023, but early this year I got a new laptop. My blog info was open on a tab on my old laptop, and even though I've thought about it many times, I just didn't get around to figuring out the blog link on the new computer till today. Even then I fired up the old laptop to find it. I knew that would be easiest.

And there it was.

And here it is now since I emailed the link to myself. So, I'm on my new laptop writing this because the old computer is just so foreign to me now. Isn't that funny how that happens? We freak out about change then to consider changing back isn't comfortable either. Oh well.

But enough of that. I have actually found quite a bit of moolah this year. Let me see how much.

Okay, I'm back. I had to count it.

So far this year I've found $20.32 US. Yippee! I also found 3 foreign coins: 2 Mexican $2 coins and an Israeli 10 cent coin (a shekel?). I don't remember where I found it but I'm pretty sure it's the first coin I've found from Israel. I know I found it before the madness began there. So very very sad.

I've been reading the latest Ann Cleeves' book, The Raging Storm. It's good, like her others, but it's taking me F-O-R-E-V-E-R to finish it. In fact, I only have about 30 pages left and I think when I hit publish here, I'm going to grab it and read whodunit. I really don't know who it is.

So, what about you? What are you reading? And more importantly, have you found any money this year?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 127 pennies, 7 nickels, 37 dimes, 20 quarters, 1 $10 bill, and 2 Mexican coins and 1 Israeli coin

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2023 to Date: $20.32

This Year Is Done, Welcome 2023

2022-12-31T20:25:00.002-07:00

Well, here we are. The end of 2022 is hours away. It's been a tough year in many ways and okay in others. We'll see what 2023 brings.

I feel a little letdown with my found money total this year, but it's better than a kick in the butt, I suppose. A whopping $29.40. I found $3.71 since I last posted plus a Chinese coin (or maybe it's a token) and a round thing marked Toscana. Oh, and I found a 1939 wheat penny. Love finding those!

I'm feeling a little nostalgic this evening as the old year disappears. I've been watching Downton Abbey on PBS. When it first aired, my friend Mary, loved it. So much. But she was sick and didn't get to see even the first season play out. And there are six seasons, and she would have loved them all. The drama of it all!

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 31 pennies, 1 nickels, 11 dimes, 9 quarters, and a Chinese token

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date: $29.40

Still Finding Money

2022-11-21T18:16:00.003-07:00

Well, not much going on around here, but I took the time to count my found money the other day so here goes.

Since I last posted I've found $4.80 plus three foreign coins: a Bahamas 25 cent coin and two Mexican $1 coins.

I just finished (like 5 minutes ago) reading Selma Blair's memoir. It was good and painful, I suppose just like life.

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 65 pennies, 11 nickels, 16 dimes, 8 quarters, and 3 foreign coins (1 Bahamas and 2 Mexican coins)

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date: $25.69

Found a Mess of Dollar Bills!

2022-08-23T17:15:00.003-07:00

I know it's been awhile since I last posted (2 months to the day), and that's normal for me. So no biggie. Right?

My one big find in these past 2 months was one day when I was walking into a store. I was in the parking lot, almost to the doors of the store. On the pavement, I noticed a white envelope, like you get from a bank or credit when you withdraw cash. So... I scooped it up.

I was actually excited thinking it might be full of big bills, and lots of them! And my mind next went to: "Well, I'm sorry if someone lost this if it has lots of cash inside. What would I do then?"

I looked inside, and it had six bills inside, which isn't bad. But they were all dollar bills. So, that's okay. I wasn't worried about someone losing that amount of money and immediately thought, "Okay, I can keep this money without much worry about who lost it."

I mean, sure, if someone really needed it, that would be sad, but it's not as sad as if they lost $120 (if the 6 bills had all been twenties and not ones).

Anyway, I got over all that right quick and felt lucky!

In addition to the $6 I found, I found quite a bit of change: $3.80 worth! That makes $9.80 I found in 2 months. And that's a lot to me in that amount of time.

Oh, and I found a Mexican coin. Yay! Love finding foreign coins.

I'm gearing up to make some found object robots and will be using a rotary tool to help me out. We'll see how it goes.

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 55 pennies, 7 nickels, 14 dimes, 6 quarters, 6 dollar bills, and 1 foreign coin (1 Mexican coin )

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date: $20.89

Found a Dollar Bill and a Whole Lotta Change

2022-06-23T17:43:00.001-07:00

So, it's been forever and a day since I last posted here. I've been finding money; that's not the problem. I'm just busy, I guess (finding money! and doing other stuff).

Since I last posted I've found US money and some foreign coins and some tokens! Yay! In total I found $5.38 since I last posted. See the breakdown of what I found below.

My little ceramic bowl shown over there was full to the brim, so I knew it was time to post.

Oh! I recently got some of these wonderful shoes. Since I have bunions, many many shoes don't fit right. They pinch and press against my bunions. These don't! They're wonderful!!!

So, what about you? Found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 93 pennies, 4 nickels, 15 dimes, 7 quarters, 1 dollar bill, and 3 foreign coins (2 Mexican coins and 1 Canadian penny) and 3 tokens

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date: $11.09

2022 Found Money... Late to the game. Oh well!

2022-03-15T18:24:00.003-07:00

Well, I've been meaning to post about my found money for 2022 but obviously other stuff caught my attention. How's your new year going? Mine is good. Keeping busy, staying out of trouble. I went to the bead show in Tucson and met up with some friends I hadn't seen in years. Fun times.

And I went to the Tucson Festival of Books. I heard a panel speak about the state of our world, basically. The panel was called Crisis of Trust, and it reminded me of how grateful I am that President Biden is in office.

The authors who spoke were Alexander Vindman, Tom Nichols, and Dave Pell. Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Other than that, same old, same old pretty much.

Anyway, I'm going to tell you about my found money now. Here goes.

This year so far I've found $5.71. Not too bad for finding the random penny, nickel, etc., here and there.

The largest coin I've found is a quarter (well, 9 of them) but no bills yet this year. I am ever hopeful though!

I just walked to the grocery store and found 2 foreign coins just sitting there on the shelf of the coin machine. I guess the machine spit them out and the person didn't want them. Well, I do! And then while I walked through the parking lot and then a drive-through, I found 78 cents total !

Oh, see the picture? I also found that pink button and brown bead somewhere along the line.

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 86 pennies, 8 nickels, 22 dimes, 9 quarters, and 3 foreign coins (2 Mexican coins and 1 British 20 pence piece)

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2022 to Date: $5.71

End of 2021 Found Money Report

2022-01-02T18:44:00.002-07:00

So, I thought about posting my end of 2021 found money report on December 31 then I promptly forgot.

Then I thought about it yesterday, the first day of 2022. Then I also forgot.

So, here I sit waiting for it to be 7 pm so I can watch two new PBS shows. Yeah, I live an exciting life! But to me it is exciting, and that's all that matters. Right?

Since I have a few minutes to kill (31 minutes to be precise) I have plenty of time to write this and tally up the coins I've found since the end of November. And bills, I should add! Not just coins. Yay!

Here goes: The exciting part of this found money is that I didn't really find any bills, but I did find a scratch ticket on the floor of a store. You had to match up an animal and the already scratched ticket had two of the animals with $1 next to them, so I was pretty sure I was going to win two smackers. I took the ticket to the store and yep, it was a winner! A two-dollar winner. The clerk asked it I wanted tickets or money. I took the cash-ola and added the two one-dollar bills to my little found money pot. Why not? I found the ticket and it got me two dollars.

And of course I found coins: $4.24 worth! So with the $2 plus the coins, I found $6.24.

That added to my found money total so far brings the year end found money to a grand total of $57.52. Not bad. Not my best year for finding money but not bad.

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a new TV. My old one still works (mostly) but I have an old (very old) Roku box I use and it doesn't support some apps and the power button on my remote no longer works so, there's that. Hmmm. Should I do it? I might. I'm working up to it.

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 34 pennies, 6 nickels, 21 dimes, 6 quarters, and 2 dollar bills

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2021 to Date: $57.52

Rounding out the Fall with a Windfall

2021-11-22T18:55:00.004-07:00

So. I just keep finding money.

Just today I found a coin at the post office. I saw a little circle propped up against the wall in front of an empty counter while I was standing in line.

The postal clerk at the counter next to the empty one called me forward and after I gave her my packages, I told her I saw a coin and I'd be right back. Then I went to get it.

A dime!

With that dime my found money since last time I posted totals $10.34! Yay! Not bad for about 6 weeks of just spotting loose change around where I go.

This brings my found money this year to $51.28. Yippee!

I had to order some things on Amazon the other day (you know, the exciting stuff like vacuum sweeper bags and dishwasher soap), and I just found out you can buy gift cards on Amazon. Who knew? Probably all of you guys. I'm usually late to the party, but that's okay. Nothing new there.

With my pile of coins I found, there are five foreign coins! See them in the picture up there on the lower right side: the large one is an Italian L100, Mexican $1 and 10 cent coins, a Russian 10 koneek coin, and a shiny Canadian penny. Love finding these cool coins.

I also found a 1945 wheat penny. Woo hoo!

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 109 pennies, 17 nickels, 39 dimes, 18 quarters, and 5 foreign coins

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2021 to Date: $51.28

End of Summer Found Money

2021-09-10T16:58:00.000-07:00

Well, the end of summer is upon us. Living in the desert makes the summer a not-so-pleasant time. It's just too hot. And this year has been a banner year for rainfall here, which is a great, wonderful, sorely needed thing, BUT it also means everything is growing and there are bugs everywhere!

I am pasty white and mosquitos love me. I have no idea if being pasty white has anything to do with why skeeters love to bite me, but they are prolific this year and real biters. So, I'm looking forward to cooler weather and for the bugs to die.

I volunteer once a week and someone had one of these in the break room. It worked! Zap!

The heat and bugs haven't stopped me from being out some, though I'm not walking as much as I'd like. It's hard to do when it's 95+ out and the bugs attack. But here and there, I've found some coins.

In total, I've found $4.42 since I last posted. Yay!

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 72 pennies, 8 nickels, 13 dimes, 8 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $40.94

July and the Found Money Is Piling Up

2021-07-26T09:27:00.001-07:00

Whoops! I just checked and I last posted in early April. So sorry! Here it is almost August and I finally decided last night I had to tidy up my coinage so I could claim the table again where I keep my tiny bowl where I put my found money.

So, here we go.

As you can see from the photo, I found two dollar bills plus a bunch of coins since April. In total I found $10.70! Woo hoo!!

That makes $36.52 found so far this year. Love it!

Have you been watching the Olympics? I'm so not a sports fan but for some reason I like to watch the individual events every four years. How about those skateboarders? I find all that stuff fascinating. Like how they make the board jump and then they land on it and keep rolling. Or how when they fall they don't break everything.

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 145 pennies, 5 nickels, 35 dimes, 14 quarters, two $1 bills, one Canadian dime

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $36.52

Has Any Bunny Found Any Money Lately?

2021-04-04T16:05:00.006-07:00

I have!

Happy Easter (and forgive me for my stupid pun).

I'm just hanging out today watching Mindhunter on Netflix again. I loved it so much that I decided to watch it again. One reason I wanted to check it out again is because I'm reading the book A Serial Killer's Daughter by Kerri Rawson, the daughter of BTK (Dennis Rader).

I wanted to rewatch the show to see how they portrayed this serial killer and how it compares to Kerri Rawson's story.

So, back to found money. Since I last posted, I've found more paper money, which is always a happy event! I found these two dollars on the floor at the grocery store. People were just walking right by them so I scooped them up.

I also found a ton of coins and in total I found $9.09. That brings this year's found money total to a whopping $25.82! Love it!!

In the coins I found a 1948 nickel and several foreign coins. Yay! Love finding the oddball stuff.

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 104 pennies, 13 nickels, 24 dimes, 12 quarters, two $1 bills, several foreign coins

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $25.82

Hello 2021 and Paper Money!

2021-02-17T09:36:00.002-07:00

Yes, I've been negligent about posting here on my found money blog, but I haven't been negligent about finding money. And I'm talking coins AND paper money (always a thrill for me to find)!

Earlier in January I found a one dollar bill at the park, stuck in a bush, low to the ground. I was thrilled!

And I was finding coins here and there, as usual. Mostly in parking lots and drive-through lanes, on the floor of stores, in change trays of vending machines or coin machines. The usual places.

The last week I was walking in a wash (a dry sandy creek bed, unless it rains a lot and then it gets wet but rarely gets running water here in the desert), and I spotted this! Right over there...>

Yes! A ten dollar bill!

To say I was thrilled is an understatement! It was dirty but fine. I brushed it off and called it good.

I kept finding money but when my cat knocked over the little stacks of coins (again!) this morning, I decided it was time to write a found money blog entry.I had to recount the coins and quickly took a photo. Ends up I've found $16.73 this year so far! Those paper bills really boost the total.

So, how about this crazy weather? I feel lucky to live in the desert about now. Warm all the time (mostly).

We did get a little snow storm in January, but it lasted about 20 minutes.

Here's the money I've found so far. Oh, and I found a Canadian penny!

I also got a new rug for my living room. It looks a little like this. My carpet is really stained and I didn't want to pay for it to be ripped up and replaced. I love my new rug!

How about you? Have you found any money yet this year?

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 88 pennies, 14 nickels, 24 dimes, 7 quarters, one $1 bill, one $10 bill

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $16.73

Good Riddance 2020... Hello 2021!

2020-12-31T21:26:00.002-07:00

Are you as eager to kick 2020 to the curb as I am? Yep, I thought so.

This year has pretty much sucked with Covid-19 rearing its ugly head and taking so many lives. I'm thrilled we have vaccines, and I hope they can be administered in a more timely manner going forward. PLEASE take the vaccine when you can. Please.

And of course I'm thrilled we will have a new president in less than a month. I'm sick and tired of the idiot occupant of the White House (and anyone who approves of him). Seriously. SICK and TIRED of him and his lies and his hate and his racist ways. I could go on, but nope, life's too short.

Basically, there is an end in sight to the damage he's done. YAY! We can get back on track and have a sane world again.

Since I last posted nearly two months ago, I've found quite a few coins. No bills this time, but that's okay. This time I found $12.22. This closes out 2020 at $64.57. Not bad!

Here is a photo of most of the money I found this time. I took this photo a few days ago and since then, I found a bit more. Today I took a walk and found three cents. I don't care if it's a penny or a dollar, I just love finding money!

I've been watching Bridgerton on Netflix and love it! I've been rationing the eight episodes and will watch one more tonight before I go to bed. If I wanted to stay up till midnight I could finish them all, but I'm an old lady who can barely make it to 10:30 these nights. And that's okay.

I do sometimes read a little later but not often. I'm reading Elizabeth McCracken's latest book, Bowlaway. It's good -- weird, like most of her books -- but good. What are you reading?

I hope you are doing well and are healthy. Take care of yourself. We're within spitting distance of a new year. That's good. And be sure to look down. You might find some money!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 202 pennies, 17 nickels, 43 dimes, 20 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $64.57

Biting My Nails Till This Election Is Over

2020-11-02T14:28:00.001-07:00

I don't know about you but I am SICK and TIRED of seeing and hearing the election ads and lies and BS. And I'm REALLY sick and tired of the current occupant of the White House.

He has to go.

I've got my fingers (and toes and eyes) crossed that Biden wins. By a huge, huge, huge margin.

So, enough of that.

What are we here for? Oh yeah, my found money. It's been almost two months since I last posted here. And in that time I've found $9.15!

Love, love, love finding money!

As you can see, I found three, count 'em!, three dollar bills! Woo hoo. And I found a whole bunch of coins. I just love to find money!

It's been so dry here, not much rain lately at all. So, I got some of this stuff and it's helping my scaly skin feel a tad more like sand than sandpaper. Not healed but better. A lot better.

Do you have alligator skin like me?

I hope you're hanging in there and doing well. Take care and look down. You might find some money!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 60 pennies, 8 nickels, 19 dimes, 13 quarters, 3 $1 bills

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $52.35

Found Money and It's Still Hot

2020-09-06T17:05:00.008-07:00

Even though it's September, it's still hot. At least here it is. I'm still getting out walking a lot and this morning found a quarter on my walk! Yay! That's it in the photo, that little round thing in the center.

All told I've found $6.32 since my last post in early August. Not too bad.

And I found a 1983 Canadian penny! I haven't found much foreign money lately.

I also found a 1948 wheat penny. Love finding those!

And I found a dollar bill on a walk. I was cruising through a wash, minding my own business, careful not to trip over the tree limbs, shrubs, and weeds. Then I saw the scraggly paper bill caught on a weed.

At first I wasn't sure what it was but it's a buck! It's dirty and torn, but it's still money!

Check out this funny bank. So cute if you need a place to stick the coins you find!

I hope you're hanging in there and doing well. Take care and look down. You might find some money!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 67 pennies, 5 nickels, 23 dimes, 8 quarters, 1 $1 bill

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $43.20

Finding Hot Money on the Ground

2020-08-05T14:48:00.005-07:00

Here in Arizona when you find money on the ground in August, it's more than likely hot. Not stolen hot, heat hot.

That's been the case lately when I pick up coins on the pavement (think parking lots, fast food drive throughs, the street). And I'm finding money right and left. Since the end of June when I last posted I've found $7.49, all in coins.

I know, you're saying to yourself: So, that's where all the coins have gone! Not sure what's happening, but maybe people are hoarding currency for the apocalypse.

Speaking of the pandemic / plague, it's still hovering in most of the US. Don't know about you, but I've been a tad stressed. You?

I think it's totally normal and to be expected. But I recently was talking to a friend / neighbor I walk with about how I have trouble many nights falling asleep. My mind won't shut off and I've also been known to wake up and not be able to tall back asleep. And not getting enough sleep is not good and does nothing to improve my mood or stress level the next day.

She said she takes magnesium at night. She started taking it for restless leg syndrome, and it worked immediately. I looked up magnesium and saw that when it's taken in the evening, before bedtime, it works to help you calm down to sleep. So, I got some and OMG! The first night I took it (400 mg) I slept well and woke up feeling rested and much calmer than I've been in ages.

Here's a good one if you want to give magnesium a whorl.

A doctor told me several years ago that most of us have a magnesium deficiency. I heard him but didn't do much about it. I'm all for doing what I can to improve my health and make myself more comfortable. It sucks being miserable!

I hope you're hanging in there and doing well. Take care and look down. You might find some money!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 66 pennies, 13 nickels, 27 dimes, 15 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $36.88

Money Money Money, Finding It Is Easy to Do

2020-06-26T14:08:00.000-07:00

So, I've taken too long to post my latest found money. But I've been busy. Sort of. I've been staying home. Mostly. I've been bored. Sometimes.

As you can see, I don't really have a good excuse.

Anyway, this pandemic is certainly strange, isn't it? I'm not going out as much as normal but when I do venture out to the post office or the grocery store (and occasionally to a dollar store or Walmart, ugh), I am still finding money.

Since April when I last posted I've found $12.48 in coins!

I've also found several foreign coins (from Vietnam, Iceland, Mexico, Canada, and Europe), and I found a flattened penny (like someone put it on a train track maybe; it's just flat, not the embossed kind from one of those flat penny machines), and I found a carwash token.

I still find it strange (and wonderful) to find a pile of coins in the tray of a coin machine. Okay, so a few of them are usually gnarly looking or stuck together, but many coins are useable, like the three quarters and two dimes plus a few pennies I found just this morning in a coin machine tray at the grocery store. I don't get it. Well, when I find them, I do get it. So that's good.

Have you been staying in? Going out? Working from home? Back at work? Whatever you're doing, I hope you're staying safe, wearing a mask when out and about, and keeping away from people.

I've been reading more. I zipped through American Dirt a few weeks ago in record time. This novel about migrants coming north through Mexico was a real eye opener. Even though it received flack for it being written by a woman who is not Mexican (why should that matter?) and about characters that many critics didn't find to be typical (the characters were well fleshed out and believable), I loved it.

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 167 pennies, 9 nickels, 59 dimes, 17 quarters, 1 gold dollar coin, 1 flattened penny, a Euro coin, 4 Mexican coins, 1 Canadian dime and 1 nickel, 1 Icelandic krona, 1 Vietnam coin, 1 carwash token

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $29.39

Still Finding Money During the Pandemic

2020-04-14T21:51:00.002-07:00

I don't know about you, but I'm still going out during this self-isolation that we all are supposed to be doing. Of course I am trying to be careful by wearing a cloth face mask I made, going into stores to get what I need and getting out quickly, using hand sanitizer or a wipe when I leave stores, washing my hands when I get home.

That sort of thing. But I'm also taking lots of walks, mostly alone or with Mister Tom, just to get out of the house.

In fact, my life hasn't changed that much since this is what I was mostly doing before. I do miss hitting thrift stores since they're now closed, but other than that, not that much is all that different. I do miss getting together with family and friends though.

How about you? Are you going stir crazy or holding up okay? I hope everyone's doing just fine. And staying healthy, of course.

I am still finding money. In fact since my last blog post I've found $7.47. Not too bad.

Here's a photo of the money I've found. I even found three Mexican coins. In Mexico! I went to Mexico a few times to the dentist, and on two visits there I found the coins.

It was pretty cool to know that the locals there drop coins just like we do here.

Have you had good luck finding everything you need right now?

As for me, I've done okay. I had a good supply of toilet paper on hand thanks to running out about 2 weeks before the scramble began. I'd gone to Costco and bought one of their mega packs, which I still have some of. And while at Fry's (Kroger) a few weeks ago I was in the store when they restocked so I grabbed a big package.

One thing I haven't been able to find is hand sanitizer but that's not something I've ever been a big user of. I would buy some if I found it.

In case you want to try your hand at making your own, here's a book to check out if you want. I have a ton of aloe vera plants so just need to track down some alcohol (the rubbing kind, not the drinking kind).

Well, guess that's it for now. Stay safe and take care.

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 87 pennies, 8 nickels, 27 dimes, 10 quarters, 1 $1 bill, 3 Mexican coins

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $16.91

Almost Two Months into 2020: Found Money Status

2020-02-22T16:37:00.000-07:00

Well, I've dragged my feet for almost two months before updating my found money blog. It seems like this year is flying by, and each time I think of writing a blog post, I get distracted by something or other (like a cup of coffee or an episode of American Greed or something else equally important).

So, here we go. My first blog post of this year.

I've been finding plenty of money lately. In fact, I've found two $1 bills. Sometimes it takes me well into the year before I find paper money so this is starting out as a good year for finding money.

I found one of the bills in line at the grocery store. I watched two people stand there and pay for their stuff until it was my turn. Neither of them picked it up so score! I snapped it right up.

Today I found 15 cents (a nickel and a dime) in a water vending machine. Pretty much every day lately when I go somewhere, I find a few coins.

In all, since the first of the year I've found $9.44! Woo hoo. I also found a Mexican coin.

Mister Tom begged me for some new treats the other day, so I got him some of those stick style deals. Kinda like these. He really likes them.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 92 pennies, 80 nickels, 22 dimes, 14 quarters, 2 $1 bills, 1 Mexican coin

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2020 to Date: $9.44

Ending the Year: How Much Money Did I Find in 2019?

2020-01-01T16:38:00.001-07:00

As I lay in bed last night listening to fireworks going off (and too tired and uninterested to get up and watch them), I remembered I was supposed to write this found money blog post!

But, since it was after midnight so technically January 1, 2020, I blew it off, too.

So, I found a fair bit of money in the past few weeks, since my last post here. I found $2.64 so that brings my found money total for 2020 to a whopping $63.36.

Not too bad! It's more than I make in a year on some of my investments, so what the heck.

An online friend just published his first children's book, and the drawings and story are so cute. Take a look if you have a youngster in your life.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 29 pennies, 4 nickels, 9 dimes, 5 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date: $63.36

It's Beginning to Look a Little Bit Like Christmas

2019-12-15T16:55:00.000-07:00

Living in the desert means it really doesn't look much like Christmas. Ever. Oh well. A few pluses:

Mister Tom and I can take a daily walk this time of year (as opposed to during the blistering summers).

The sky is blue, the air is warm, I can hang my sheets and clothes out to air dry (all year round).

But people still decorate for the holidays so it is sort of looking like Christmas, I guess.

What about where you live? Does look like December or does it look like an arid wasteland?

But seriously, while I've been out enjoying the lovely weather, I've been finding quite a bit of money. Since my last post (2 months ago, oops!), I've found one dollar bill and a bunch of coins.

I've found $8.51 in coins, in fact, which means I've found $9.51. Yay! I found 4 Sacagawea dollar coins, which was a fun find! I also found 7 random tokens.

These were all in a change tray of coin machine, just left there by someone, which always amazes me.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 41 pennies, 5 nickels, 11 dimes, 11 quarters, 4 dollar coins, 1 dollar bill

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date: $60.72

Better Than a Kick in the Butt; I Found $23.36

2019-10-15T15:02:00.003-07:00

Well, it's been about 5 weeks since I last updated my found money report. I hadn't been finding tons of money until last week when, lo and behold, I found a twenty dollar bill!

So, that makes $23.36 that I found since September 5. Not too bad. I'll stick these coins in my change purse and spend them. The twenty is gone!

I used to keep all of my found money in a big glass jar. I did that for years, about 8 years in fact, but the last time I moved, I couldn't pick up the darned jar!

I had to scoop out the coins and paper money and put it in heavy duty plastic bags and plastic shoe boxes just so I could cart it around!

Then I decided, what the heck. I think I'll spend some of this found money. So, I spent all of it.

And that's what I'm doing with my money as I find it now. I keep it till I make a post then I dump it in my change purse and spend it. Why not?!

So, this photo shows the coins I've found since I last posted. I also found some foreign money: a 2009 Indian rupee, a 2010 Canadian 10 cent piece, and a 1999 10 cent Euro.

And I found some junk: a key and a blue button.

Last week I broke down and finally ordered Mister Tom Cat this cat stroller. Of course it would also work for a dog, but he's a cat so we call it a cat stroller.

Here he is enjoying his first ride in it. Now he hops in the thing (I keep it in the living room) for a nap or just to smell it.

I'm so glad I finally got this for him. We both get some fresh air and I get some exercise.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 46 pennies, 5 nickels, 14 dimes, 5 quarters, 1 twenty dollar bill

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date: $51.21

Found $8.30 in about 2 months

2019-09-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

So, I've been negligent in posting about my found money BUT I finally dumped out my little cup tonight and counted it.

$8.30! Yay!

This is for just less than 2 months. Not bad for just randomly picking up change here and there.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

I recently bought one of those beds in a box. This one in fact and it's great! Have you tried one of these? I unwrapped it and put it on the frame all by myself so it's totally doable!

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 136 pennies, 9 nickels, 31 dimes, 13 quarters

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date: $27.85

Almost Too Hot to Look for Money... almost

2019-06-11T15:47:00.000-07:00

It's June in Arizona. You know what that means. It's hot. It's almost too hot to go out and look for money. Almost.

I still do go to the store (grocery store, thrift store, you know, places), but if the 100-degree heat continues, I'll be curbing my random walks where I purposely go out in search of money. It's just too hot!

Since the last time I posted, I've found $5.26! In the coins, I found two 50-cent coins / Kennedy half dollars. I love finding the different stuff.

My cat just laid down on top of the coins. Great. I'll try to get a photo when he decides to move.

What about you? Have you found any money recently? Please let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination: 56 pennies, 5nickels, 22 dimes, 5 quarters, 2 Kennedy half dollars

Year: too many to mess with

U.S. Mint: same

Condition: shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date: $19.55