$23.95 and well worth it (or what I did last Friday night)

Found this wallet chain online in about 5 min for $23.95. It would have really come in handy a couple of Friday nights ago. I got to lunch with some friends at work and realized the wallet was in my car (a Ford F150 4 door truck), so I borrowed $20 for the meal (no I didn't spend it all on lunch - way too cheap). No big deal until I'm leaving work and have to rush to 1. pick up the dog at the groomer and
2. meet a friend at the airport,
3. have dinner, etc.
and realize the wallet is NOT in the truck but back at the house.

Time for Plan B. Or non-plan b as it turned out.

I proceed to the dog groomer and talk my way out the door with the dog with a promise to come back and pay later. Then, I start to put the clean dog in the back of the dirty truck and decide to get the truck washed, forgetting that I have no wallet.

The car is 1/2 way down the line before I remember the no money thing. I run over and change my order to the cheapest car wash and have enough money left from my lunch loan to pay for it and have $1 left over for a tip.

I make it to pick up the friend who of course gets to pay for dinner. Dinner was nice except it turns into a circus because the attention my dog garnered at the Hermosa Beach pier shopping area. The friend commented that it is fun to people watch and with Jasper you get to people watch up close and personal.

So, to end the evening I load the dog into the truck bed and head north toward Venice Beach. I don't get 2 blocks before a police car pulls behind me at a crosswalk. I immediately get nervous because my Nevada tag hasn't been switched to a Cali plate yet and it was 3 weeks overdue. Then my friend has to remind me that the tag is not the biggest problem because, a) I'm driving and b) I don't have my wallet and therefore my license.

We're able to roll away from the crosswalk and I'm planning to make my getaway at the 1st right turn when the lights come on.

How did this turn out? (Well, you might expect me to say I'm writing this from the county jail library and only have 3 min. left in the yard.)

The expired plate wasn't mentioned. The lack of license was forgiven. Insurance nor registration were ever shown. I passed the sobriety test as 3 diet cokes hadn't impaired my reactions too much. But I received a ticket for having an untethered dog in the back of the truck. Apparently there is a new law in California.

Boy have I learned my lesson - although I'm not sure what the lesson is.

Maybe they have one of those wallet chain thingies for my brain.