Virtue is its own reward?

I was cleaning up my bedroom yesterday and I found a long-forgotten cheque for $325.00. I also found 6 safety pins, 2 buttons (origin unidentified), a stapler with no staples, a calculator, a lipstick, a recipe for lemon curd, a wine bottle cork, my camera case, my sunglasses case, headphones, and 8 pens.

I thought the cheque was exciting, and then when I found a box of staples, I thought all my Christmasses had come at once!