When paying for things with cash, only use bills and save any change you get. My husband and I have been doing this for years. Any change we get we put in a jar and at the end of each month we have around $25 saved up.
Our bank has a money sorting machine so we take the jar to the bank, run the change through the sorter, and get a receipt that can either be cashed or deposited into our account. If your bank doesn't offer this service you can buy a money sorter (with the change you've saved ... Continue reading ...