My First Auto Accident!

Ok I know it is hard to believe that this is my first time damaging a car but it is! I have made it 10 years with only a scratch to a car, but yesterday it finally happened. The hardest part about the whole thing is I was doing something good! I have a neighbor who's children run wild and one of them was walking up the road in a snow storm with no coat or parents in sight so I stoped and walked him back to his house! While I was backing up I had to maneuver between a garage can and a post they put up to mark there property well it was snowing and slick so as I backed up I slid and slammed into the pole! It is a little embarrassing to admit that I hit a pole but thats what happened!
I got home and had to get the courage up to call Brian to tell him what had just happened and this took sometime! To my surprise he was more mad that the family has allowed there children to be unattended like they always are and not so mad at me! This was great since I was already beating myself up over the whole situation I didn't need him to join in on it too.
So tomorrow comes the bad part finding out what this mess is going to cost to fix!!!