Mission:Nontrivial

11 February 2006

What's in my wallet

It's time for a cleaning anyway, so why not use this opportunity? Unlike Cap at StopBuyingCrap, I don't have the patience to blur a bunch of images, so I'll just post a list.

My wallet is a plain bi-fold black wallet that Mrs. Random bought for me for Christmas from Overstock.com. It's niftiest feature (as yet unused) is a zipper inside the fold that give access to another pocket behind the credit cards.

Identification:
  • VA Driver's License
  • Aetna HMO card
  • Two copies of my business card (I gave away 4 yesterday, time to print more)
  • One blank check (and yes, the number is recorded in the register, in case my wallet gets stolen). It serves as emergency cash, and also as identification for buying guns in VA (I'm not kidding). I haven't used it in a long time, though.
Credit Cards, etc:
  • GM Card, MasterCard, image is a Pontiac Solstice
  • Discover Card, blue transparent card
  • MBNA Platinum Plus, MasterCard, from my college Alumni Association, no fees on foreign currency transactions (this is my newest card)
  • Local bank ATM card, which acts as a Visa check card (I almost never use this, since Discover gives a 5% kickback at the grocery store)
  • Travel card, Visa
Membership cards:
  • AAA Plus Mid-Atlantic
  • Sears Craftsman Club
  • Costco Executive Member (2% cash back)
  • NRA Range, annual membership
  • Petco, Wegmans, Giant, and CVS Pharmacy store bonus/discount/kickback cards
Other stuff:
  • Metro card with $3.80 left on it (Pandas on the front, Nationals on the back)
  • Laminated photo of (now) Mrs. Random and my Mom's favorite yellow cat, dated June 1996
  • Emergency contact phone #
  • Login passwords for my computer
  • Business card for my Chinese teacher
  • Receipt for $36.50 store credit at Ranger Surplus
  • 10% discount card at Casual Adventure
  • Three Subway Sub Club coupons
  • Free breakfast buffet at Quality Suites
  • Arigato lunch sushi buffet card (with 2 of 8 stamps)
  • UPDATE: Uncashed check for $7.60 from the US Treasury (overpayment of my now closed Federal student loans)
Notable omissions:
  • I have NO cash. MCD takes credit cards now, so what's the point? I spent my last three bucks on a tip for a haircut (my first in 4 months). I don't even have a lucky penny, or Irish money.
  • I don't even have an emergency $20-. Well, that is bad. I should keep enough for a taxi ride home, at least.
  • I don't have a spare key for my car. The zippered pockets are screaming for this.
That's it. It's a lot less stuff than I used to carry around. Still, I'll be first in line to have a credit chip implanted in my palm. And those store cards are killing me. I should just make a separate key chain for them and leave them in my car.

UPDATE: I happened to be at the mall, and had lunch at Subway. They told me the Sub Club cards I had are worthless, thanks to rampant counterfeiting.

1 Comments:

  • My "wallet" is a colorful change purse made in Guatamala. The contents are: VA driver's license, library card, bank debit card, credit card, insurance card, store cards from CVS & Food Lion, one of those special cards for discounts for "old people" (LOL!), a band-aid, a Wash'n Dri, a toothpick, 2 aspirins, and $9 in cash. At least when I fall off the dock I won't sink to the bottom - is your wallet too full of stuff, Mr. Random...?

    By Anonymous Quiche, at 11 February, 2006 14:35  

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