“Only people purchasing illegal stuff normally need to carry a lot of the green stuff.”
WTF? What about the people who shop at Sams Club, where they don’ take Visa? And the people buying ammunition at Walmart, where they don’t need their credit card company and Walmart to have a personaly identifiable record of the transaction?
Back to wallets, though, The trifold you picked is thicker and less efficient than a bifold wallet. In the bifold wallet
like this
http://www.leather-wallets.com/photos/YPC-92XCE-2.jpg
choose one where you have slots for 6 credit cards, 3 on each side, two inside pockets under the slots (one on each side) for the business card of your lawer and stamps. Cash and your shopping list goes in the money pocket. Avoid wallets with a clear plastic window for your DL, it just adds more bulk.
Avoid any wallet with extra flip-out stuff, it adds bulk and you will feel like you are carrying a brick in your pocket.
Now for the change: get a little plastic change purse. It looks like a squashed egg, with a slot down the wide face. You squeeze it to open it and get change out. Whenever you pay for something, get your change out and try to give exact change, that way it will not build up.
It looks like this:
http://www.keychainworld.com/Imgs/256ChangePurse.jpg
For keys, I put them on a plain piece of ring, and then I tie a length of parachute cord or rope to the ring (8 inch long or so). That way the keys stay stuck in the pocket and will not fall out when you sit down.
I know you love amazon, but I got my last wallet, made of some sort of lizard skin, for $12 at an ocean state job lot store. The change purse is about a buck at the key counter at Lowes.
Good luck!
