I too shred EVERYTHING. I just have a regular one. But I will soon be getting a cross-hatch one. I hope everyone has one in their home. I don't trust just tearing them up and throwing them away anymore.

I have a few friends that have had their identities stolen (one by his own cousin claiming to be his wife!) I have Identity Theft Protection and Monitoring. I get an alert immediately for anything that pops up on my credit report. Luckily nothing has been false (I do get to see when my CC companies take a look at my credit report in the attempt to raise my APR and other fees.)

It's a great way to monitor what's going on with your information and because of the protection part, if something happens, I don't have to do all the calling and letter writing to get my identity back to where it's supposed to be. If I made my credit background crappy, I know they will bring it back to it's original crappy state :)