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What’s in my wallet?

A frequent personal finance blogger gimmick is to reveal the contents of their wallets or purses. I am mildly interested in such posts and I thought some of you might be as well. So here goes:

• Work ID card. I rarely use a work ID, but sometimes businesses in the area give discounts to employees from my workplace.
• Colorado driver’s license.
• Colorado CDL license. For some reason this state issues two separate cards. I think most states combine the two. One picture is significantly better than the other.
• Dick’s Sporting Goods customer loyalty bar code sticker.
• ACE Hardware customer loyalty bar code sticker. Neither of these items would be in my wallet if they were not a thin little sticker. I also have an ACE hardware t-shirt of which I am very proud, but I don’t usually keep it in my wallet.
• Chase Freedom (SM) credit card. Used primarily for gasoline, our mobile phone bill and a little fast food. The card earns a little over 3% cash back in most purchase categories. We earned a $250 rewards check in less than 10 months this year.
• Miles by Discover credit card. Comes with a high credit limit, a $100 gift card bonus, 0% introductory rate and solid rewards miles. I use it for everything that does not earn 3% from the Chase Freedom card.
• Starbucks gift card. A birthday present from my sister, I am trying to make it last as long as possible.
• A business card from a place that I hope will be able to fix my scooter.
• A business card from the guy that sold us our internet/Direct tv package. I want to bother him the moment we have problems with our services.
• A business card from a guy I met on an airplane while flying back from my in-laws house in Idaho. He said I could call him up next time we are in Boise and he would take me on a backpacking trip in the mountains. Sounds like fun. It also sounds like the beginning of a horror film. . . me and some strange guy up in the mountains. . . hmmm. . .
• One of my business cards. I don’t know why I keep it in my wallet because the minute I put it in there, the corners get bent and I would never give it out to a potential client.
• A $10 bill.
• A $5 bill.
• Three $1 bills. Probably the most cash I have had in my possession in a long time.
• A business credit card from work.
• A receipt from a recent purchase for work.

That’s it, that’s the list. Nothing too strange since I try to keep my wallet as thin as possible. Actually, my billfold is a little thick right now because there are several items that I don’t usually carry taking up space - the work credit card, the Starbucks gift card, all of the business cards besides the abnormally high number of greenback.

Do you have anything weird in your wallet or purse?