I enjoyed recording my findings of spare change so much in 2007, one of my New Year’s resolutions is to continue the tradition in 2008 and to collect more than the $3.37 I found last year. You can review my 2007 findings here.
Mike and I went for a walk New Year’s day and got this resolution off to a great start.
Total for 2008- $6.87
December Total- o cents
November Total- 2 cents
November 19- 1 cent
November 7- 1 cent
October Total- 11 cents
October 21- 10 cents
October 14- 1 cent
September Total- 12 cents
September 20- 5 cents
September 6- 1 cent
September 5- 2 cents
September 1- 4 cents
August Total- 43 cents
August 27- 1 cent
August 22- 4 cents
August 16- 10 cents
August 3- 28 cents
July Total- $1.66
July 17- 1 cent
July 6- $1.65
June Total- 44 cents
June 27- 2 cents
June 20- 1 cent
June 19- 1 cent
June 11- 1 cent
June 8- 10 cents
June 4- 1 cent
June 2- 3 cents
June 1- 25 cents
May total- 49 cents
May 29- 5 cents
May 24- 1 cent
May 20- 1 cent
May 18- 11 cents
May 17- 2 cents
May 11- 1 cent
May 8- 2 cents
May 6- 5 cents
May 4- 21 cents
April Total- 48 cents
April 24- 3 cents
April 19- 2 cents
April 18- 1 cent
April 16- 4 cents
April 15- 1 cent
April 13- 37 cents
March update- it’s getting to be slim pickins’ lately. I’m gonna have to start lurking around movie theaters after they turn on the lights if things don’t turn around soon
March Total- 1 cent
March 8- 1 cent
February Total- 62 cents
February 17- 37 cents
February 14- 10 cents
February 4- 13 cents
February 3- 2 cents
January Total- $2.49
January 31- 1 cent
January 28- 10 cents (Mike found this in the parking lot at work, the the 1/15 rule applies)
January 27- 96 cents
January 26- 1 cent
January 24- 2 cents
January 15- 1 cent (Mike found this but it goes in the same change jug at home so it still counts)
January 10- 2 cents
January 6- 16 cents
January 4- 1 cent
January 1- $1.19
Bio: This is a creative outlet and soapbox for Lorrie Delk Walker where, at times, she has stuck her foot so far into her mouth, surely she has quashed any hopes of ever being elected to public office. Lorrie is a writer, avid recycler, small-time chicken farmer, SPCA foster parent and fan of all things Downtown Lakeland. Posts from Delk Walker's popular blog, Takes From the Delk Side, were added to the Lakeland Local archives and can be found here.
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[...] from the Delk Side. I didn’t start at the beginning of the year, but that year I found $3.37. In 2008, I collected $6.87. I think I made more money in found change than I did on my IRA in [...]