Unruly Receipts

I have a confession. I hoard receipts. I have had times in the past when I have tried to find a receipt for something that I wanted to return only to conclude that I must have thrown it away.  So now I keep every receipt just in case I might need it. 

I realized that this habit had started to cause problems in my purse while trying to find my keys that had dropped into the black hole.

 I dumped out the contents of my purse on my desk. I just couldn’t believe how many receipts there were. The rest of the things I found weren’t so bad although a few things had me scratching my head.  

 Here is a rundown of the things that were in there.

Perfume

Eye makeup

2 small bottles of medicine

A memory stick

A hand full of Splenda packets (My husband only uses Splenda)

Note pad with pin

Hair tie, bobby pin, and clip.

A fun and J card from Justice (My daughter’s favorite store).

A penny

My wallet

Reward card key chain

Keys (Hey I found them!)

2 soda can tops (We collect them.)

Chip clip (Why is this in my purse?)

Screw (Where did this come from?)

25 receipts (WOW)

There has got to be a better way to deal with those pesky receipts. While I gave that some thought, I took out the last 4 items on my list above and put them away except for the receipts.

Then I put everything else back in my purse.  

That’s Better

I have decided to take the receipts out of my purse each day and keep them in my office.  By doing this, I can still keep the receipts for a while in case I need them and my purse is organized. Win Win. 

 
















 I found this cute little book to store them in.  It hides the receipts and it is small enough so that I don't collect too many before I have to go through them.

The unruly receipts have been tamed.

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