WALLETUS

Consider the vast treasure trove of information contained within the average billfold--credit cards, debit cards, Social Security cards (which, incidentally, should NOT be carried regularly on your person), blank checks, driver's licenses, membership cards, hunting and fishing licenses, security key cards, student and employee IDs, punch cards redeemable for goods or services, insurance cards, etc. and more etc.

What all these items have in question is 1) their loss to you could be very inconvenient, and 2) their misuse by someone who comes across them could cause you all sorts of grief and major financial loss.

Thus the reason for Walletus--the delightful holiday which comes on May 13 of each year. To celebrate Walletus properly, you simply photocopy the front and back of all important documents in your billfold and hide this copy in a safe and secure place which is easily accessible by you. Should you later on lose that billfold, you have instant access to an inventory of all that it contained, and you won't have to undergo the frustration of trying to remember each single item which you had been carrying and which now needs replacement. Perhaps even more important--most of these documents have printed on them contact numbers for you to call in the event of theft, which means that you will have the information to act with expediency in doing damage control.

You may wonder--why not simply make a copy of each credit card or document when you first receive them instead of doing it en masse each year? If you are organized enough to make such a copy each time you get something new to stuff in your billfold, then that is great, and more power to you. However, for unorganized slobs like myself, it is much easier to do it all on once annually on that glorious day in May.

So, HAPPY WALLETUS to you!