A piggy bank is not so cliche...

Having a bag of loose change is not only inconvenient, but it also makes you have an abnormal bulge in a much more abnormal location. Keeping change is an important trait in me, chiseled early on when I had no jobs to fund my spending. Hell, I even used regular paper to roll my coins, and didn't have any "fancy" paper rolls until later.

The fact is, I still have change on me, and so I have a piggy bank, if you will, by my desk. Well, okay, it's officially a Mario coin-block bank because...well, I'm a video game nut. Whatever it is, I put my loose change into it, and then use it later when I do.

Sure, I know what you guys might think. "That's just change," or "you're only saving pennies here and there." Well, when I'm with friends here, going out to lunch is just as frequent as going to work, and often times I've had to dive into my coin reserves to fish out extra money when necessary. And often times, I have enough for one day of lunch, if I absolutely need to "break the bank."

And while I'm on the subject, I personally hate those Coinstar machines that convert your jars of change for other stuff, including cash. Coming from a person who enjoys counting money (Yeah, I have a little Scrooge in me...), I find it insulting to have to pay 9 cents for every converted dollar through their machines, whereas I can keep that money if I just make a trip to the bank.