ME! Can I honor myself with an award? Is it P.C. to do so? Well, either way its mine, I earned it and I’m owning it!

Yesterday was payday for me. I got up early to have coffee and do bills. When I say early I mean I was at my computer paying bills and balancing my check book at 5:25 a.m.

Mister and I keep separate bank accounts. We each have our own bills we came into the marriage with and its just less hassle if we do it this way. It works this way, don’t hassle me.

Well, our car insurance was due on 5/15. Since it was due before payday Mister just paid it and I wrote him a check for it. After I wrote the check and saw that he had paid it I took all the stuff in the insurance envelope over to the shredder and began to shred the paid bill.

But the shredder began to jam because there was just too much paper to shred all at once. So I reverse the shred, go over to the waste basket, cut the couple of inches of shredded paper that did make it through and split the stack of papers in half.

That is when I realized what I had just done. I had just shredded Mister’s new insurance card for his truck! Fuuuuck is what came out of my mouth at that moment. Shit! Was next. What do I do now? Crap! Um. Hmmm. Realizing there was only one thing I could do. I stuffed the remaining half of his insurance card in my purse and began getting ready for work.

Shamefully, I had to call the insurance agent and ask if they could send him another card. They asked His card didn’t come with your renewal notice? That’s odd. Dammit. I know this lady KNOWS she sent me the card. I KNOW she threw in the that’s odd just to see what kind of lie I would tell her. I knew I was busted and I had to come clean (besides I’m a sucky liar). I told her the truth, that I shredded his card. She chuckled and immediately switched her tune from snotty to understanding. Said she’d get me a new card in the mail today (thank Gawd!) and I should have it by Monday.

Last night I told him what I did and, naturally, he laughed at me.