...and then I found $20

Remember whenever you told a lame story you'd always end it with "...and then I found 5 bucks", increasing the amount depending on the lameness?

Ok, I actually never did this but I remember people talking about it. (I never did it because I never told lame stories...it was actually because I don't tell lies...)

I kind of wish there was a symbol like $ but for "bucks". When I see $, I think "dollars", everyone does, right? Well, what if I want to say "bucks" but I don't feel like writing the whole word?? Then what??

Anyway, back to the story. Because I actually can end this one with "...and then I found 20 bucks."

I was at DI. Do you say "the DI" or just "DI"? I used to say "the DI" but then my friend made fun of me and said that was weird so I trained myself to just say "DI" but it feels so wrong. Then I heard someone else say "the DI"! And now I have no idea which one is right. Maybe they're both right, but I don't want to get made fun of if one is wrong...

Ok really. So I'm at DI on Saturday morning. I had nothing going on that day so I planned to spend mucho time there and find something awesome. I really like going to DI and trying to find a treasure. I usually get too hungry or tired to stay long enough to ever find anything great. But Saturday I was determined. I started at the front and was going to work my way back, seeing how long I could last. I got through the jeans and the sportswear and was between the jackets and the short-sleeved knit tops. I decided to go for the jackets because it looked like there might be some competition and I wasn't going to let any treasures get away from me.

So I'm making my way through the first rack of jackets. The are organized by size and by color, I was in the creams. I saw this cute little jacket from Gap that I recognized! I used to have that exact jacket and I probably donated it to this very DI! The one I had had a big hole in one of the pockets so that was the test. I reached inside one pocket, (kind of nervously, you never know what you could find in a stranger's pocket) no hole. I reached inside the other pocket, no hole. But wait, what's this?? A piece of paper? A receipt? A gum wrapper? Money?

Yes! Money! The bill was all folded up and I couldn't tell how much it was worth. I thought, man, I love finding money in random places, I could use a dollar right about now. I turned it over and it was a $20!

I will tell you right now, finding $20 is waaay better than finding $1.