Finding money you'd forgotten about!

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

After a horrendous day at work yesterday, I got home and started a bit of a clean to work the stress off. It was well worth it as I found £50.00 :j: I'd completely forgotten about!! I felt like I'd found £500.00 as I'd been really strict with myself all week and was convinced that I only had £2.50 left of my £10.00 weekly spending money to buy 2 birthday presents!

Will not be squandering it though, it will pay for birthday presents for the several birthdays I have coming up soon as well as the other ones.

Do you find money tucked away you'd forgotten about?

Lucifer

Gosh no... I wish. Well done, by buying the pressies that you would have had to buy anyway (not overspending cos u feel flush tho!), your budget will look much healthier.

rubix_76

I was around a friends house and he was searching down the back of a sofa that he was going to sell, and he found .... Mr T's head from an A Team action figure tht he lost when he was 8, he is now in his late 20's !

Does that count ? :rotfl: :T :j

Rubix

Busybody

If he was able to get money for a sofa that was that old! he should feel glad anyway!

hotdiggerdy

me and the wife spent the other morning sorting through the "junk" drawer ( own up everyone has got one!) and came across an old bank book of hers from 19 years ago with £24 still on it and £17 worth of tv licence stamps on a card!! sent the stamps back to the tv licencing people and went into the bank with proof of id etc .
result.. a £17 cheque for from tv licencing and £35.23 including interest from the bank total £52.23 that we didnt know we had! all for a morning of tidying out a drawer...moral..a root around in your drawers can bring a smile to your face and a feeling of immense satisfaction.

Cantdance_2

Looking through your bank statements can also be good - I noticed that BT Internet had been taking money out for 3 months after I cancelled with them.... result? £60 refund!

James

vyvyan_2

I found 2 x 20 euro notes and got those exchanged! The've been in the drawer for about 3 years. I bought this weeks shopping with it.

hotdiggerdy

CANTDANCE; annoying that bt have been taking your money and gaining interest on it cos they were incompetent in the first place :mad: , but nice for you as you now are £60 to the good :T . well done.

tattooed_lady

I LOVE it when you find money you've forgotten about!! Found £5 a coupla times - nothing in ages though as I'm so obsessed with money now that i know where every penny is LOL!!! :rotfl:

needmoney

Cantdance wrote:

Looking through your bank statements can also be good - I noticed that BT Internet had been taking money out for 3 months after I cancelled with them.... result? £60 refund!

James

So did I!!!! they said I had to tell them to stop taking it!!

Money has been tight of late and the other day my grand daughter asked to look at a craft book and we found 6 old fivers in it, the bank changed them. About last year I also found £100 in ne of my other books. This money came from better times I don't think I'll find any more though.

hotdiggerdy

needmoney wrote:

So did I!!!! they said I had to tell them to stop taking it!!

Money has been tight of late and the other day my grand daughter asked to look at a craft book and we found 6 old fivers in it, the bank changed them. About last year I also found £100 in ne of my other books. This money came from better times I don't think I'll find any more though.

life is full of pleasant surprises..you never know.