Apparently Everything Really Is Bigger in Texas

So, there I was...trying to find a receipt before I left for work this morning.  I grabbed my shoe box off the floor (full of receipts) and set it on the table to open up.  The next thing I saw was a HUGE spider scurry away from the box and hide in my 3 hole puncher a few inches away from my hand on the table.  At that point I almost screamed and froze in my chair.  But, then I came to my senses.  I  knew I had to get that THING out of the house asap!!! 


I grabbed the 3 hole punch and thought I might be able to get the spider into the trash can.  Of course it was not that easy...it ran away on the floor.  Then I tried to get it to crawl into the trash can, but it did not like that option either.  So, I just steered it towards the front door and helped it walk right out of the house.  


There was NO WAY I was going to step on it, it would have been disgusting and squishy all over the carpet.  It was that big!  I found this picture online because I did not have the presence of mind to take a picture of it after I got it out of the house, but it looked pretty much like this spider.  And the picture is very close to the actual size.


I was so creeped out after that experience, it gave me the heebie-jeebies!!!


Hopefully Mr. Spider will stay outside.  I have no idea how he got in, so I hope he stays out.  :)