Found Money!!

money money money!!! - always nice to find something you didn't know you had..no matter what it is...
Canada
April 19, 2007 10:46am CST
I was sorting through the closets, doing a little spring cleaning...trying to figure out things to keep and things to give away, a usual chore I do every year at this time... I found my spring jacket...and was utterly delighted to find money in the pocket...in one pocket there was some loose change and in the other pocket I found a receipt and two crisp 50 dollar bills...for the life of me I could not remember even putting it there...but the receipt was a refund..and I must have just forgotten it was there... Now I am 100 bucks richer and I didn't even know it...lol Have you ever found money in an unlikely place???
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• United States
19 Apr 07
wow-that's a nice find! :) the only money i've found in this house is old money. i just found a morgan dollar (1880) under a floor board while cleaning.i imagine it's worth something though.
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• Canada
20 Apr 07
I found Darryl Sitlers?...(spelling?)..lol.. hockey rookie card under the boards in my kitchen floor once...card was in really good condition between newspaper...not sure what its worth...always nice when we find something valuable, no matter what it is... thanks for posting scarlet
• Canada
19 Apr 07
this happens to me often, last winter when i took out my coat i found 5 dollars in it. a few years back i was in coege. i was cleaning all the pappers off my computer table and i found $50. that was a great day.
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• Canada
19 Apr 07
its so nice when we find money we have forgotten about, and its even better if its a time when we may really be in need of a few extra dollars... thanks for posting.
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19 Apr 07
Lucky you, I wish I could be that lucky at the moment, I could really do with finding some money right now. I usually go to charity shops to see if I can find bargains and the other year I was lucky enough to find a really nice handbag, just the thing I was looking for. I only paid £1 for it and took it home feeling very pleased with myself. That evening I decided to start using the new bag, so I began to transfer stuff into the bag when I noticed there was a small zipped section on the side. Great, I thought, I can use that for my driving licence and when I unzipped the pocket there was a £10 note folded up inside.
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• Canada
19 Apr 07
oh, you were lucky too...perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket tonight..ya never know..finding a 100 bucks may just be the beginning of my good luck... thanks for posting.
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@TriciaW (2441)
• United States
19 Apr 07
That is wonderful!! Now you have to spend it on something you weren't planning on since it was a surprise. I have never found that much but from time to time I find $5 or $10 stashed some place I had forgotten about. Today must be your lucky day!!
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• Canada
19 Apr 07
think I may use it to take the kids to a movie and then perhaps out for dinner..almost enough to do that...certainly money I didn't know I had... thanks for posting.
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• India
19 Apr 07
wow.... thats lucky!!! you know i keep money here and there few bucks!!! as i love it when i get such surprise... and my hubby knows if we urgently need few bucks where to find... he will dig my cupboard and pockets!! and i love to see that too!! so in short i never am bankrupt...lol
• Canada
19 Apr 07
sometimes when you think you are broke you will find a few dollars stashed away...its always nicer that way..finding cash like that is always sweet when you know you need it the most... thanks for posting.
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19 Apr 07
well i don't find as much as you but i always seem to find some money when i look through a wallet or when i move furniture around you feel great once you find a small little bit of money somewhere.
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• Canada
19 Apr 07
I find change all over the house most times. A dime here, a nickel there...just toss it in a jar in my cupboard and let it accumulate...always nice to when the paperboy comes a calling... thanks for posting.
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@nandans (1160)
• India
20 Apr 07
typ it happen sometimes then we are delighted and feel lucky :-)
• United States
20 Apr 07
hehe .....well many times ...i am a very forgetfull person ..like i keep my money on unsual places and then find them astonishingly some where ....like in my very old clothes ...even very large amount sometimes ...i could not figure out if this is a bad habbit or good but it is ...and i feel sometimes that this must not happen but it usually happens... well before washing my clothes i usually found some money in my pocket. ....it is bad really bad ...!! what do you think about this habbit ? ...is this good or bad ?
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
20 Apr 07
Lucky, Lucky :):) I actually had something like that happening last summer. Our daughter was going to Portugal to stay with my mom for a year, and I had $100 that I wanted to give to her at the airport, but I must have forgotten because I found that money just last week in my old backpack. Just before her birthday too, so I sent it to her LOL
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
this happened more to my husband about a week ago. we were on our way to one of the malls and we were not able to withdraw cash from the atm. we only have the exact amount to reach the mall and just withdraw there. when he started to look into his pocket for his cellphone, he felt something was in it. when he checked it, he found out that he has php350 in his side pocket. his short was already laundered and ironned, the laundry woman was not even aware that he has money on it. at the mall, we bought the money with cinema tickets. untimely money for untimely movie watching :) indeed God provides.
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@Zelmarq (12607)
• Cebu City, Philippines
20 Apr 07
It happened to me many times I often find bills on the pockets of my pants while washing it with my bare hands. Its a blessing in disguise and it could help me at times that I need the money. Its feels so good to find that money just safely hidden there .
@breepeace (3014)
• Canada
20 Apr 07
I found $20 in the pocket of an old coat last spring. That was a nice surprise. I don't imagine I'd forget about $100 though. That's lucky! :) Maybe I should hurry up on that spring cleaning and see what I discover?
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• Canada
20 Apr 07
The things you find when you dig out old boxes and closets, I dont usually find something like this, maybe some clothes I had forgotten about or a box of pictures etc...but its the first time I found money in this amount.. thanks for posting.
@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
20 Apr 07
wow that was a nice surprise. I wish I could find some money while cleaning my cloest.
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• United States
20 Apr 07
Yes, I have not found as much money as you did, but when going through the seasons clothes and switching them out, I usually find 10 or 20 dollars. I also find loose change and dollar bills almost every time I do laundry. My husband is bad about not emptying his pockets. We started a piggy bank from the laundry money and we usually use it to go out to a new place and have dinner as a family. The loose change that we find when we move furniture, or that we take out of our pockets everyday is becoming "mad money". We have been placing it in a kitty litter bottle and when it is full we will take it in and see how much we have. We are hoping to have enough for a small vacation, where our son will choose the place to go. tdbrower1969
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@icequeen (2840)
• Canada
20 Apr 07
Yeah...that has happened to me a couple of times. Usually...like you I find money in my pockets...because I have different jackets...purses etc. It is so nice to find money you didn't know you had. I hope you go and buy yourself something nice for spring...
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
19 Apr 07
I bought a couch from a garage sale many years ago. After bringing it home I removed all the cushions and covers. I grabbed the vaacuum cleaner to suck all the crud that collects down the edges. As I reached down to open the gap with my hand I found a yellowed old 20 dollar bill. It had been there for some time. So I got an instant rebate? Hahahaha. Thanks for sharing your story. Now share the wealth? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
• Canada
20 Apr 07
Sounds like you got more of a bargain that you thought you would..that happened to a friend who bought a ole picture at a garage sale and it turned out to be worth like a 1000 dollars... thanks for posting Bob!
• United States
20 Apr 07
LOL I love when that happens!! I had lost my wallet when I was around 7 or 8 years old and when I was about 15 my uncle was digging in my couch (he had dropped something and was digging for it) and found my wallet! LOL It had about $17 bucks in it and I thought it was hilarious! Also, I've found $20 dollar bills in my pants pockets and jacket pocket and stuffed deep down in my wallet all folded up many many times! LOL I should probably keep track of my money better! LOL Congratulations!
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
20 Apr 07
What a great way to be rewarded for cleaning. I've found a few dollars before,but never that much. Congrats on your find.
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• Canada
20 Apr 07
Thanks, it was a nice find indeed... thanks for posting.
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
20 Apr 07
Right before I got married to my husband, I had my own apartment which I lived in by myself. One day I was packing all my things up right before I moved out and I found almost four hundred dollars in a dresser drawer. I have no idea how long it had been there and I totally forgot that I ever put it away. Needless to say, that made my day!
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• Canada
20 Apr 07
Its an awesome feeling isnt it?...I felt the same way when i put my hand in my jacket pocket and there was 100 bucks I didnt know I had...always nice and a wonderful surprise to say the least.. thanks for posting.
• Australia
20 Apr 07
Sometime i found money in my jeans, i forgot when i put the money there but when i want to wear it i found my money there. I have a lot of wallets because i'd like to changes sometimes, sometime i found my money in my other wallets too. And the most unpredictable place is i found money in my old school book when i'm in elementary school.But i can't use that money again, just for my memory.
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