What's your best "And then I found five dollars" story?

Doesn't need to involve money, just a story with a little unexpected happy ending.

I really wanted to go to the Game Developers Conference in Boston this year, but had no way of getting there. I later found out a bunch of my friends from my dorm building had gone without telling me. I got a bit annoyed, so I walked around outside to cool off. And then I found $40. (Though the Steam sales has sucked that out of my wallet...)

Sucky story sucks. Now it's your turn.