Penny Millionaire Project - Week 65

On Monday I was cornered by Simon, who bent my ear with a penny-related story, but didn't compensate me with any cash. Breathlessly, like a kiddie who desperately needed to tell me what he'd got for Christmas, he said he'd got around to cashing in his odd 2ps and 1ps jar, and asked me repeatedly to guess how much was in it.

I'm a terrible cynic and my impressedness threshold is lower than the average person's, so I thought of a figure that'd impress me, then adjusted the figure to take into account Simon's more easily excited disposition.

"£25?" I said hopefully.

He could barely contain himself. "£50.82!" 

And what's more, his partner had collected £80 too, "from various sources lying around" (I'm hoping he didn't mean incapacitated people). 

They're going to use their reclaimed £130.82 to pay for flights to Sicily.

Wednesday, there was some actual money for me. I was walking up Kensington High Street with Kirsty at lunchtime and she spotted a 5p on the floor.

Saturday, I'd gone to Tesco to scour the reduced bins. The lure of those yellow stickers is profound. I'd just paid for my half-price, 56p-for-4 chocolate iced doughnuts at the self-service till and collected my change, when I noticed a pound in the rejected coins slot. I'd only paid with a pound, and got the right change, so it definitely hadn't been mine. There's a chance it could be one of the one in 50 British pound coins that are fake, but without being sure, if it looks like a pound, feels like a pound, and could potentially be spent like a pound, it is a pound!

Week Sixty-five

How much found: £1.05

Total found so far: £51.55

How it could now be spent: a pair of Dewalt Rigger boots.

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