How To Hide Money At Home

I've always had a somewhat disturbing habit of hiding (more like hoarding) money. It really came into play during my years away from home when I was the victim of countless robberies, committed mostly by my so called friends. Definitely should have listened to my parents when they told me to be careful who I trusted. Yes, Mom and Dad, you were right. I have come up with many ingenious and somewhat tedious ways to hide money although thankfully, I don't need to hide money anymore (having a secret stash of cash is always recommended for emergencies though).

Hollow pens are amazing at hiding money. Go buy a value pack of those thick, fancy pens. Go home and unscrew them and when you take out the cartridge you will find ample room to roll up a couple twenty dollar bills around the ink cartridge and then put it back like normal. Take your stash of pens and mix them among the pens you already have. I used a junk drawer with random, worthless stuff and even went the measure of rubbing dirt on the pens to make them look old and worthless and keeping your secret stash safe.

If you are a girl, chances are you will have a bra. Get some cheap padded bras that no one would want but make sure they are colors like black and are not sheer. Take out the padding, stash some bills where the padding goes, put the padding back and viola! Your secret stash of cash is safe. To hide money in an old bra is timeless. Who is going to steal or think to go through a cheap ten dollar bra?

Do you have a huge box of powder or grain laundry detergent? This takes does take a bit of time and gets super messy but get a big container, pour out the detergent or any other substance that is a generic household item, hide your secret stash of money in a couple of sealed zip lock bags at the bottom of the box, and pour it all back in on top of your stash.

During my wandering days, I used to own a pea coat. The inside had a satin like material over the tweed material of the jacket. I would cut a very small line down the bottom of the jacket along the seam of the satin, shove my secret stash in there, and then sew it back up carefully. This means anytime you need the money you hide, you need to make the same cut. I've heard of tips of hiding money in jacket coats, but if I was a robber, that's the first place I would look. Make sure the jacket isn't the greatest quality or someone might want the entire jacket!

One of my favorite tricks that was extremely time consuming and really annoying when I needed the money was to buy a thick photo album; the kind where there is paper backing and a plastic cover over the pictures. I would painstakingly separate out my secret stash and put one bill at a time behind a picture and glue just the corners, carefully not letting the clue touch the bill I centered underneath the photo. Then put the photo book somewhere obvious. It's awesome to hide money right under someone's nose, literally.

Well, there go all my hiding places for my secret stash. Guess I have to find another spot to hide money at home!