Dollars and Cents

We walked in to the bank today carrying a 39 pound box, and told the receptionist we had some change to deposit.

A teller across the room exclaimed, "That's full of change?!"

"Yes, it is!" was our response.

And so, over the course of the next twenty minutes, we waited and watched while the coin-counting machine tallied up all of the loose change we'd collected over the years. This box has actually moved with us a couple of times, although we never let the movers handle it since they charge by weight, and I'm not sure if we would have come out ahead in the deal. Since we're facing another move soon, this time across town, it seemed like a good idea to finally turn the change into something more usable.

And is it ever. The grand total came to $176.

(I had a fleeting idea as I was typing this that it might be just enough to purchase a Little Giant, but no, the As Seen On TV model is about twice that amount.)