diff --git a/pyaccuwage/__init__.py b/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
index 1541e0e..04404ce 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from record import *
 
-VERSION = (0, 0, 3)
+VERSION = (0, 0, 5)
 
 RECORD_TYPES = [
     'SubmitterRecord',
@@ -146,3 +146,16 @@ def verify_records(records):
     verify_required_records(records)
     verify_record_order(records)
 
+def test_unique_fields():
+    r1 = EmployeeWageRecord()
+
+    r1.employee_first_name.value = "John Johnson"
+    
+    r2 = EmployeeWageRecord()
+    print 'r1:', r1.employee_first_name.value, r1.employee_first_name, r1.employee_first_name.creation_counter
+    print 'r2:', r2.employee_first_name.value, r2.employee_first_name, r2.employee_first_name.creation_counter
+    
+    if r1.employee_first_name.value == r2.employee_first_name.value:
+        raise ValidationError("Horrible problem involving shared values across records")
+
+
diff --git a/pyaccuwage/fields.py b/pyaccuwage/fields.py
index 5839508..57ec547 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/fields.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/fields.py
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ class Field(object):
         self.value = s.strip()
 
 
-class FieldInterface(object):
-    def __init__(self, value_dict, field):
-        self.value_dict = value_dict
-        self.field = field
-
-
 class TextField(Field):    
     def validate(self):
         if self.value == None and self.required:
diff --git a/pyaccuwage/model.py b/pyaccuwage/model.py
index 65e8f6e..be21055 100644
--- a/pyaccuwage/model.py
+++ b/pyaccuwage/model.py
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
-from fields import Field, FieldWrapper
+from fields import Field
+import copy
+import pdb
 
 class Model(object):    
     record_identifier = '  '
     required = False
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.value_dict = {}
-
         for (key, value) in self.__class__.__dict__.items():
             if isinstance(value, Field):
-                field = getattr(self, key)
-                if not field.name:
-                    setattr(field, 'name', key)
-                setattr(field, 'parent_name', self.__class__.__name__)
+                # GRAB THE FIELD INSTANCE FROM THE CLASS DEFINITION
+                # AND MAKE A LOCAL COPY FOR THIS RECORD'S INSTANCE,
+                # OTHERWISE WE'LL END UP WITH VALUES BEING SHARED
+                # ACROSS RECORDS.
+                src_field = self.__class__.__dict__[key]
+                if not src_field.name:
+                    setattr(src_field, 'name', key)
+                    setattr(src_field, 'parent_name', self.__class__.__name__)
+                self.__dict__[key] = copy.copy(src_field)
 
     def __setattr__(self, key, value):
-        print "Model.__setattr__", self, key, value
         if hasattr(self, key) and isinstance(getattr(self, key), Field):
             getattr(self, key).value = value
         else:
+            # MAYBE THIS SHOULD RAISE A PROPERTY ERROR?
             self.__dict__[key] = value
 
-    def __getattribute__(self, key):
-        result = object.__getattribute__(self, key)
-        if isinstance(result, Field):
-            return FieldWrapper(self.value_dict, result)
-        return result
-
-
     def get_fields(self):
         fields = []
         for key in self.__class__.__dict__.keys():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6d8825..b18ecb2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 setup(name='pyaccuwage',
-    version='0.0.4',
+    version='0.0.5',
     packages=['pyaccuwage'],
     zip_safe=True,
     )