I just received a telephone call from my wife at home letting me know that my wallet just returned home after 3 days missing! The following note was attached:

"Found your wallet in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Be more careful next time."

Almost everything was still in my wallet. Can you guess what was missing...

That's right...the money. No big deal. I was going to send the $25 to whomever sent it back anyway. It is nice to see that some people will go out of their way for a stranger. This person does not know me but yet took the time to pick the wallet up, finger through it for contact information, take it to the post office and send it back to it's rightful owner. This whole situation has taught me an awful lot about myself and others. When I get home, I will be writing a thank you letter to the very kind and caring person who retruned it.

I have called all CC companies, purchased a duplicate DL with a CC that I do not carry in the wallet and put a FRAUD ALERT on my SS# with the big 3 credit agencies. I have called Wal-mart about 10 times within the past day to check to see if someone turned in a wallet. No luck yet. I think that I have protected myself as best as I could in this situation. Here are some things I will be doing in the future to further protect myself:

1. keep a copy of all id's & cc's that are kept in my wallet.
2. keep my SS Card safe at home.
3. don't wear pants without pockets when going to the store!

Thanks for all of the kind words of support & sympathy. I still hold out hope that I will be receiving a phone call or the wallet itself in the mail.

I can't freaking believe it! On the way home from Wal-Mart I noticed that my wallet was not in my jacket pocket! To make a long story short...I lost it! This is the worst feeling in the world! Trying to remember what was in my wallet is giving me a monster headache. I am pretty sure I got everything reported lost. There is just an empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. Hopefully there are some good people out there that found the wallet and will either return it to the store where it was lost or mail it to me. I am not getting my hopes up though.

Yes...my SS card was in my wallet! I fugure that there are about 5 of me walking the streets right now.

October has been a rough month at Chubrock's house! I had to put my aggressive debt repayment plan on hold so that I could save up enough money to redo the bathroom. Water, water everywhere! There were leaks coming from everything! Instead of charging up a fortune to get it fixed, I "rigged" it for the time being but it is only a temporary fix while I save up a few grand. I should have the project complete just in time for Christmas.