My little Piggy Bank

For those of you that were wondering what my piggy bank looks like, here it is. First a little note of analysis. Piggy banks can tell you a lot about their owners. They are a lot like cars in this respect, which one you choose reflects greatly on your values and preferences. These things are like mirrors of the soul.

My wife's piggy bank is pink, cute and very girly. Mine, well take a look. It's rather plan, hand carved out of wood and very utilitarian. There are some old world overtones to this little bank that really appealed to me. This is where I keep all of that annoying change the keeps cropping up. Sometimes I wish every thing that I buy would be rounded to the nearest dollar. Other times I just find a handy donation bucket on the store counter and deposit the change there but mostly it just collects inside my pockets. Who likes to be weighed down with money anyway? I never consider carrying cash in bills to be weighing me down. It's the change that drives me nuts. I am just wondering if there are any others that have this problem.

Now the girls are almost excused from this debate due to the purses that they carry. A couple of quarters and various other change are not going to be noticed in a purse. Pockets are another matter entirely. Who wants anything pulling down on your pants? What I would like to find out is if anyone has this same kind of trouble with these things. Having change in your pocket requires a good belt just to keep the pants on straight. Sometimes I like wearing shorts without a belt and this is a situation where carrying change really becomes difficult. When I go out wearing shorts I always give my change away or worse, it collects in my car.

My car has a little change holder under the center console. It has long since been filled along with what used to be ash trays and the little hand grabs on the side doors. What do I do with all of these coins? Periodically I clean it all out and dump the piggy bank and total it up all of the money. This event occurs usually every six months to a year or so. It takes me a little time to get overloaded with coins to where I have to do something about it. The question now is what to do with all of this extra money. Anyone up for lunch on the Piggy?

How did I get into this discussion anyway? I was just commenting on my piggy bank. Ok, there you have it.