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What's in your wallet?
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Before I had kids, I carried a very simple wallet. It held a few cards and that was it. It didn't even fold; it was basically just one side of a folding wallet. On one side, there was a plastic slot for a driver's license while the other had about three slots for credit cards and such. Down the middle was another pocket for cards. It was simple, compact, and easy.Back then, I didn't need to carry much. I had my driver's license, a credit card and an ATM card, my Costco card and my AAA card (important if you own a Land Rover). That was it. I carried my cash loose in my pocket, along with receipts. The idea was to keep it small and light and not carry anything I absolutely didn't need.
Now that I have kids, however, all that has changed. I've switched to a bi-fold wallet and added a fair number of items to it. There's the zoo membership card, the children's museum card, and a library card. I've got discount cards from the lego store and the children's shoe store. I carry my health insurance card now because you never know when the kids will need it and I get sick more often now.
I also keep a stash of emergency cash tucked away in there -- I don't have quite the same options of walking home in the middle of the night or crashing in an abandoned house that I once did. I have to be more responsible about saving receipts, not just because kids are expensive and we need every tax deduction we can get, but also because I need to be able to turn any health-care-related ones in for reimbursement.
All this results in a bigger, thicker, and heavier wallet and, believe me, I notice it. Has your wallet expanded since having kids? What do you keep in it that you didn't before?
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3-01-2008 @ 3:20PM
Heather said...Well I baing a woman I know my purse has deffinately expanded. I now carry a small baggie of crayons, Band-Aids, along with other thing Im sure. And in my wallet I carry cards for Build-A-Bear, insurance cards, and other discount cards I never used before.
I feel your pain, it is just mine is in my shoulder instead of in my back pocket. :)
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3-01-2008 @ 7:35PM
Eva said...It's not my wallet but my purse that is at issue!
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3-01-2008 @ 10:13PM
bremarie03 said...Dude, try carrying 'The Mom Purse' around for awhile.
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