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August 17, 2008

Penny Millionaire Project - Week 56

Kerry

I feel like I'm saying this a lot lately, but sorry for the absence of Penny Millionaire last week. Unfortunately for me I was at the garage having my broken car window regulator replaced (a car electrics moron before, I now know more than I ever wanted to about this particular problem).

I went to pick my car up, effecting as best as I could the appearance of someone assertive, worldly, no-nonsense and impossible to dupe, but it seems I won't be getting into RADA any time soon. The mechanic led me into his little lair and presented me with a bill for more than double the price I'd been quoted!

As he talked me through the massive bill, I noticed he also had on his desk what looked like another invoice, filled out with the original breakdown of costs I'd been given.

The assertiveness kicked in for real. I now need to go and get my car window fixed somewhere else.

Still, Tuesday morning, things got better. I came into work to be greeted by two notes on my desk. One was a lengthy missive on notepaper and the other a shorter one on a fluorescent orange Post-It.

The one on notepaper was from Vic, and had £1.05 on it. She'd found a pound on the floor of the Coast changing rooms in Selfridges, and 5p by the tills in the Selfridges food hall.

The Post-It was from Maz, and had a penny on top that she'd found in the pub.

Week Fifty-six

How much found: £1.06

Total found so far: £43.04

How it could now be spent: a radiator for a Rover 100 series (snap it up! The price'll be nearer £100 by Tuesday)

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