Receipt — “28 to Make”

28 to make is a creativity challenge from CreativeLive. Participants create and share a quick sketch every day for 28 days. I’m doing the same but with words.

Each day in February, I’ll set a timer for 20 minutes and write a “sketch” inspired by the prompt for the day.

Day 5: Sketch a receipt.

What follows is a short list of things I would return if I had kept the receipt:

• Every phone I’ve ever owned except the Motorola Razr I wish I still had.
• My college education, except for random electives like “Picasso and Matisse” and “Japanese Religions.”
• All the trips to the dentist where no cavities were found.
• Every purchase I justified by saying “only in Japan.”
• Most of the times I’ve paid a cover to get in.
• Boat shoes. Who did I think I was?
• My first tattoo.
• Baggy jeans and board shorts.
• Necklaces of any kind. Yes, I wore one of those scumbaggy silver chains in my youth.
• Bad haircuts.
• The food I buy at airports.
• U2’s albums from 2000 on.
• All those NOW CDs.
• The Lacoste tracksuit top I bought with my first grown-up paycheck.