You know that you're obsessive compulsive when... (part 32)

[ivo]

... you save every single creditcard / debitcard receipt that any store ever gives you over the past 7 years. I just weighed them, it's 5 lbs of receipts, neatly stacked it's about 4 ft of folded receipts, and when they're freed, it's about 3 HEB baggies full. Tomorrow they're going into the secure shredder at work.

4 ft of receipts:

Comments

[goulo]

Crap, and I used to think I was a packrat!

[ghewgill]

That is truly impressive. What's the sum of all those? :)

[eliset]

Your first date with Chantal was a day before my and Moonie's first date. December 2003 must've been a good year. :P

Out of curiosity, why did you save them, and do you plan to keep saving them?

[ivo]

I guess I don't like to throw away credit card receipts because they contain personal information (although I think nowadays they only print the last 4 digits on the customer copy), and shredding them is more work than tossing them in a drawer.

[ivo]

pictures or it didn't happen!

[cowbert]

I like how even your cat is going "yow..."