I found $100
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (44712)
Staten Island, New York
February 2, 2022 2:16pm CST
There I was swiffering under my bed and along with a huge amount of dust came out a $100 bill.
I got all excited and was trying to figure out where the money came from.
I was even thinking about what I would do with that money.
I was about to put that $100 bill into my wallet but then decided to see if there was any missing money in the envelopes I had in my nightstand.
Turned out one of them was missing $100.
The money in that envelope wasn't mine but hubby's so I put the $100 back into it.
That was that.
I did not find any other money while swiffering the rest of the house.
Have you ever found money while cleaning the house?
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Feb 22
@lovebuglena Did he spend a lot of time trying to find the real owner? Heh.
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Feb 22
@TheHorse The Trader Joe's money? Nope. He just picked it up and gave it to me.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
I’m not that lucky. Highest I ever found was a dollar. Hubby once found between $12-$19 (don’t remember exactly amount) inside a receipt at a Trader Joe’s parking lot.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
2 Feb 22
I was really broke one time. The kids were little and my job paid once a month. I never used my credit cards unless it was an emergency or I was sure I could pay the balance before the end of the cycle.
I was not on any assistance and there were no food banks back then.
We were out out the usual things. Milk, butter, eggs...
I was going through the house collecting change and I was hoping to find enough to get a few things at the store.
I found about ten dollars in bills and coins. I had enough.
It was a cold fall day and I pulled out a winter jacket to wear.
In the inside pocket was three 100 dollar bills.
I had done some work the winter before and forgot about it.
Instead of me running to the store to pick up a few things, we all piled in the car and went out for dinner before going shopping.
Finding money unexpectedly can be exciting.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
Finding money unexpectedly is exciting for sure. You must have been very surprised to find the $300, no?
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@lovebuglena
Yes. But as soon as I found it, I remembered putting it there from a cash job the winter before lol
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
He let you keep the money?
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Feb 22
@youless That was very generous of him.
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@DaddyEvil (137464)
• United States
2 Feb 22
I used to find change when cleaning under the sofa cushions but haven't in a long time. Probably because we haven't had friends over for two years now.
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@DaddyEvil (137464)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@lovebuglena Pretty doesn't have pockets and I don't sit on the sofa.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
@DaddyEvil How come you don't sit on the sofa?
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
You should check again just in case. Never know.
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@everwonderwhy (7365)
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2 Feb 22
I seldom see or handle cash these days. The latest time was last Monday when Hubby and I bought 3 persimmon trees, 1 feijoa tree, and one chilli plant from a Facebook Marketplace seller. We paid cash for all of them.
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@Bensen32 (27743)
• United States
2 Feb 22
I have found money in a jacket in my winter jacket after it sat in there all summer it was only $20 but I'll take it. I also have found money I hid in other places that I have found like in a backpack, in my car in a dresser drawer. I mostly just leave it there so I can find it another time when I forget it is there.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
If I were to find money or coins I'd take them and put them away somewhere I will know they will be.
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@Bensen32 (27743)
• United States
3 Feb 22
@lovebuglena LOL, yeah that is usually my plan but I dont have a very good memory so
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
3 Feb 22
@lovebuglena It really is nice. I don't usually complain.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
It's nice to find change in pockets and other places around the house.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Feb 22
I don't enjoy swiffering but it works.
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Feb 22
I have mostly found loose change cleaning up my home. I have yet to find a huge amount of money though.
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
Maybe one day you will find more than just coins.
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@Deepizzaguy (103967)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
3 Feb 22
@lovebuglena I hope so too.
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
3 Feb 22
One of my kids found a $100 bill on the floor of Walmart, last December.
We turned it in to lost and found but after, I thought I should have taken it home and told Walmart I had found money (without letting THEM know how much) and to have the owner call me, because I suspect a Walmart employee just kept it for themselves.
Gave our name and number (watched them write it down) in case the owner didn't show up, as we were told after 30 days we could keep it. But when i checked in a week later, they didn't have any of my info and after 2 employees had a whispering match, they hastily told me, "Owner came back for it!"
Uh huh.
Right.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
They just took it for themselves. if I ever find that much money outside of my house the only place it will be going to is my wallet.
@LindaOHio (181321)
• United States
3 Feb 22
Sorry you couldn't keep the $100! No, I've never found any money around the house.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
Would be nice to keep it but I couldn’t do that. Wouldn’t be right.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
3 Feb 22
Aww, that's too bad, it belongs to your husband. But good you found it! I find money while out & about. Biggest amount, was $20 that I found. Of course, I find coins all the time too, mostly pennies.
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
I find more pennies than other coins. As far as bills I don’t remember finding anything more than $1.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
5 Feb 22
@lovebuglena
Finding, money is terrific even if it's a penny!
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Feb 22
Cleaning the house... I wouldn’t call what I do cleaning. It’s more like dusting. I dry swiffer the floors. That’s three stories plus a basement. After that no strength or desire to actually wash the floors. So the floors are still dirty, just dust free.
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@snowy22315 (181955)
• United States
3 Feb 22
It would be exciting to find 100 dollars. I do sometimes find money in the house, but it is rarely bills. I do find them from time to time in a pocket though when I am doing laundry.
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
Usually it’s coins that we find.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
3 Feb 22
Sometimes it happen even in the laundry sometimes. I thought the money will be yours
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
Wasn’t mine to keep. Been times where I found money in a pocket of pants/jeans that were just washed.
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@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
2 Feb 22
Aw that is a shame it was not extra..still exciting!
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Feb 22
Yeah. I was kinda hoping there was no missing money in any of the envelopes. At least those that weren't mine lol.
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@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
3 Feb 22
That's a nice find. Did you put it away or spend it?
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
My mom gave me birthday money and I haven’t spent it yet. And another envelope has some money hubby took out to have at home just in case.
@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Feb 22
What a shame you didn't get to keep the money. I've never found a big amount, just a few coins from time to time.
@lovebuglena (44712)
• Staten Island, New York
4 Feb 22
Maybe one day I will find a big bill and will get to keep it.
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