I was out for a walk and a woman approached me and asked me if I could give her any money to help her to buy something to eat. I think she meant drink, but anyhow on a whim, I gave her everything I had.
I have no other cash around, no containers full of loose change, no emergency funds, nothing.
I haven’t checked behind the cushions on the couch but nothing seems right to me.
So how could you rustle up right now?
I’m not going to scrape it all together and count it but it’s:
[ul]
[li]More than enough to buy a cup of coffee[/li][li]Not enough to be able to choose any menu option at Burger King, without first checking the price.[/li][/ul]
Not keeping much cash handy is my way of not overspending.
In my wallet, right now, just over $200.
Well at least we have an upper and lower limit already.
Between 0 and 200 so far.
In my wallet: AUD 330.
If we’re restricting it to our own currency, then $265.45, including the pile of loose change on my dresser. If we can add in foreign currencies then I also have:
US $105
UK 45 pounds
Europe 85 euros
NZ $95
I’m a bit Obsessive/Compulsive about this. Over the years I have developed five stashes of money - car, bedroom, overnight bag, spare coins and of course my wallet.
I try to have $1000 available at all times and its useful. Just today my teenage daughter had a fund raising concert for a dance trip to Hong Kong and I scrabbled around to give her the $50 float in coins and small notes.
People come to the door for donations. Cars can break down at night in remote areas so its good to be able to offer a farmer some money instead of a promise. Wallets get lost. Electronic terminals go down. Having a bit of cash is simple insurance.
Not counting my change stash I have $155.00
Something over $200. About $150 in bills, the rest in several bowls, bottles, and boxes of change. Not sure how much my wife has on hand.
$20.
I need to go to the bank and get some cash.
I like to have a couple hundred available.
I have $114.16* on my person right now. I’m not running around the house to see how much I have elsewhere.
*US dollars. That’s the equivalent of $121.47 in Australian dollars or €82.21.
$11 USD. And I only have that much because I got $10 back Friday for yesterday’s laundrymat trip, then it turned out I had enough quarters already. So I’ll use it next trip.
This reminds me of a conversation I had while taking public transportation earlier in the week.
I have 85p in my pocket. I just tend not to carry money anymore - I’ve rarely got more than £20 unless it’s for a specific purpose.
Probably about $30.00 between the $15.00 in my wallet and the $15.00 in my change jar.
I usually have a little more in my wallet, but I spent quite a bit of cash yesterday.
Between $200 to $300 in cash.
About $10 in my car.
About $15 in a change jar.
About $5 in coins in the depths of various handbags in my closet.
55 bucks in my wallet.
Probably 100 bucks in change around the house.
I’m glad I read the thread first, I’d have forgotten the change jar.
I’ve got $1000 stashed somewhere in the house. I started putting $20 a week into it after the great east coast power outage when, thanks to my normal routine of using credit and debit for everything, I had no cash and no way to get any for a few days. I stopped at $1000 and there it sits, waiting for another power emergency.
There is about $400 in the change jar (go Loonies and toonies!) and in my travel wallet I’ve got $23 US and 50 euros.
All of this is a very good thing because in my actual wallet I have $.80. I usually keep a couple loonies or toonies in there but my husband asked me to buy him a frozen yogurt at Ikea yesterday and for $2.10 change seemed the best option 
So grand total in the house is about $1500. In my wallet $0.80.
$63.55, consisting of:
$55 in notes.
$8.55 in change.
I’m Australian, so it’s AUD$, which is why I have $8.55 in change; I have four $2 coins and 55c in silver.