Paper Shredders!

I bought the cross-cut paper shredder with wastebasket by Windsource Industries (I think, there's no label) from Target for $22 since it said it can shred credit cards.

If you have been following this blog since tax season you may remember I burned up the motor on my previous $10 cross-cut shredder. The nice thing about my new shredder is that it will stop shredding if it gets too hot so hopefully I will not burn this one up!

For the past few weeks, I have been on a mission to shred all the stuff that piled up from the tax season breakdown to customer slips from my business to trying out the credit card shredding ability with those fake cards that come with offers in the mail - excellent! I know I have a habit of keeping too much paperwork "just in case" I need it, but I finally shredded all those patients notes that come with prescriptions that I file away after reading. Yes, I read them, my sister is a pharmacist.

The reason it looks like I have so many sacks is that each time I filled the wastebasket, I would dump it into a new bag. I probably could have gotten more in each bag, but the shreds are so small that it makes a lovely mess on the carpet when I miss the bag!


If you don't have a paper shredder, I highly recommend getting one!