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.
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| 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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