So, our friend Lisa, from New York, who was living in Hawaii and teaching for two years, left behind her Starbucks Ceramic Travel Coffee Mug, when she moved home in June. It fits perfectly in my van's drink holder and so we decided to make it a secret savings weapon. We no longer try to come up with the exact change for purchases and we also try to always pay with cash. So, if we drive through McDonald's and the order is $3.18, we pay with $4.00 and the .82 cents, is deposited into the opening of the coffee mug. It's great because we think of Lisa each time, it's not obvious to potential thiefs, and we love planning for our trip. We promised not to count the coins til the cup was full. Finally, today we were able to cash in the coins. We all made bets on how much there would be...I guessed $72 (overly optimistic), Kealia guessed $29, and Hana Girl guessed $50. The winner would get $1.00. Our credit union has a machine that counts the coins for free. Hana Girl was closest as our total was $49.28. We deposited the money directly into our trip account and now we are already filling up our coffee cup again. Hope it fills up soon, and we also hope Lisa will join us for part of our trip.
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