Cut Your Grocery Bill In Half! with Stephanie Nelson, The Coupon Mom

 

Today my husband and I decided to see how much spare change we could find around the house to take to the Coinstar machine at the grocery store.    If you redeem your spare change for a retailer gift card instead of cash, there is no service charge (which is usually 10.79%).  That’s easier than rolling coins and taking them to the bank!  Plus it got me to clean out some drawers.

We filled a plastic bucket with change from drawers, jars, and coffee cans that had been collecting change for years.  Now we have a nice, big Amazon gift certificate to use for holiday shopping and we didn’t have to roll the coins or pay a service charge.

From this:

To this:  $200.73 Amazon gift certificate

It’s a great time to start looking for spare change in your purse, car, drawers, etc.–let us know what you find!