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Received $20 from a random stranger

September 24th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

So after talking to my best friend and letting all the news linger, I decided I was going to return the Kindle. I'll have to pay around $7 to return it and cover shipping, but in the end I think its for the best.

My best friend was proud of me. I also called up Verizon to find out where I could return our extra cable box.

Anyhow, the girls were invited to birthday parties this weekend. DH is gone for the rest of the weekend cause his trip was extended, so I had nothing better to do.

I had a $25 gift card and I knew I had $10 in my wallet so I gave the girls a spending limit of $15/each for their friends.

They actually seem to do better at budgeting than me. I even give them $20 each for the MONTH (lunch is $2) and out of that they are responsible for deciding which days they are going to make lunch and which days to buy.

So anyhow, we're in the grocery aisle of Target after we ended up picking the gifts. I turned to the girls and said "Cards... what about cards?"

And they both say they are going to make theirs.

I turn to go down the aisle and a lady is slightly in my way. But I'm patient, and sort of burnt out and in a daze that I don't mind either.

Then she turns around and gives me $20

I was dumbfounded. At first I thought, "Did I drop this?"

I couldn't say anything, just sort of muttered "Why?" in a very confused way.

She smiled and said "Its for the kids, get them something nice."

And she walked away. And there I stood, still confused and unsure what to do.

That had never happened to me before.

I was so taken aback that I almost forgot my bags when I checked out

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9 Responses to “Received $20 from a random stranger”

  1. dmontngrey Says:
    September 24th, 2009 at 11:33 pm 1253835203
    1253835203

    Wow, that was really nice of her!! She must have had her reasons for it. Smile

  2. LuxLiving Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 12:01 am 1253836915
    1253836915

    Cool!!

  3. north georgia gal Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 01:56 am 1253843764
    1253843764

    WOW!!! That is really neat!

  4. frugaltexan75 Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 02:07 am 1253844466
    1253844466

    Wow! Maybe she was doing a pay it forward type thing? Or just a random act of kindness? Either way, what a cool story!

  5. creditcardfree Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 02:57 pm 1253890676
    1253890676

    Great example of generosity and acceptance!

  6. Ima saver Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 03:22 pm 1253892179
    1253892179

    That is so nice of her!

  7. koppur Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 03:44 pm 1253893479
    1253893479

    Aw, what a nice lady!!!

  8. north georgia gal Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 06:01 pm 1253901683
    1253901683

    That makes me feel so much better about losing my $20 yesterday!!

  9. homebody Says:
    September 27th, 2009 at 07:43 pm 1254080601
    1254080601

    Ambitious, one year I was buying the 75% off Halloween candy to send to my SIL who was in Iraq at the time. A man with a cane who looked like he didn't have a nickle to his name was looking at me stacking the candy in my cart and I told him what I was doing, sending it to my SIL and his cohorts. He took 5-$1.00 bills and stuck them in the pocket of my hoody because my hands were full. He told me to buy more. I said thank you and could barely get out of the store before bursting into tears. There really are kind people in the world. Thanks for telling your story and reminding me of that day.

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