Tuesday evening I went round to see my friend Steph, who promptly handed over a 20p. She’d found it on Friday morning during the taxi journey of shame to pick up her car, which she’d left at the pub the night before.
As you can imagine, she wasn’t feeling her best that morning, but having spotted 20p over the other side of the back seat she knew she had to get it for me. It was just out of reach, and the driver was chatting to her while looking at her intermittently in his rear view mirror, so any sudden lurches across the seat would have aroused his suspicion.
She’s worked in sales, so luckily she’s a bit of a master of slick manoeuvres for the purposes of deceiving people. When it came time to pay her fare, she put her coat down over the 20p, paid the driver, then picked her coat up, sliding one hand underneath it to pick up the money as she left the taxi. Brilliant.
Wednesday – my little sister Kirsty found two 2ps near a chip stand in Thorpe Park.
Saturday – I went for a walk into Windsor with my mum, who found a 5p outside a rather chichi interior design shop called Anemone Interiors.
Sunday – I found a penny in the gym car park.
Week Twenty-three
How much found: 30p
Total found so far: £12.68
How it could now be spent: An Alessi Otto Dental Floss Holder that I’m guessing Anemone Interiors doesn’t stock.
