My New PEEPS® Checks

I received the shipping notice for my PEEPS® checks today.

It wasn't until I started looking around that I noticed that all PEEPS® checks aren't the same. Mine come from Image Checks. Including shipping and handling, I paid only $11.38 for two boxes of 150 wallet singles each, using a coupon code I found.

I used to think that cutesy pictures didn't belong on negotiable instruments. Even though I've seen a variety of check designs, I've stayed with the look of your basic safety paper, with a design like this:

I was going to order Image's variation on blue safety paper, as a matter of fact, but I didn't like the pantograph. It looked too wavy, and the safety feature was missing behind the area for me to write the numerical amount. When I clicked a link to see other designs, I learned about PEEPS checks. Of course, I had to make them mine. And who cares if the area for the numerical amount is white as long as there's a PEEP on the check?