The humble piggy-bank

Monday, September 15, 2014

I once had a ‘piggy-bank’ when I was a child. My parents were trying to teach me how to save my pocket money instead of spending it all on sweets.

At the time my massive weekly allowance amounted to P3.00!

I was seven years old. I had planned my spending of my P3,00 each week to get the maximum amount of sweets I could. My shopping list was as follows:

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