Originally Posted By LVBelle Remember a few months ago when my purse got stolen? Well, guess what? It wasn't stolen! I was preparing to clean my classroom today and I opened a filing cabinet that I never use and it was in the top drawer! I was SO shocked! I guess that day I set all of my stuff down and just put the purse in the closest cabinet, even though I NEVER put my purse there. I just bought a new Coach purse two weeks ago so now I guess I have two! Even though I feel like an idiot for all of that, I guess it's a happy ending after all!
Originally Posted By sherrytodd Well, that sounds exactly like something that I would do. Glad your purse has come home.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 That is really good news!!! I once thought my purse had been stolen. Almost a month later the police called and said it had been turned in. I had apparently put it on top of my car and driven off.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss If you haven't used the new purse too much and don't need two, you could return the new one and use that money for Disney. That'll pay for a night at the GCH! Hehe.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom What wonderful news! I am so glad to read this. A lot of us have done things like that.I had $200 left over from a vacation at the end of April. I carried it around in a bank envelope in my purse for a while, I took it out and later forgot that I had taken it out. I started panicking because I thought that I had lost it.I actually found it yesterday,in a book,in my house. I was so Happy. So yeah that happens to a lot of people.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins That's good news! I guess you changed all your credit cards for nothing! Who'd have thunk??
Originally Posted By friendofdd Such absent-mindedness is worthy of a professorship. Of course your DH completely understands the two purses.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I'm glad you found it! My mom once lost a set of car keys for a year. The next winter when she put her heavy coat on, she pushed them out the sleeve! Apparently, she'd had them in her hand as she took of the coat and inadvertantly let them go.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Oh yay! I'm glad you find your purse. Nice to have "closure" like that. It is funny how we "lose" things sometimes. WHERE we lose them can be pretty funny too. I remember one time my mother-in-law was going crazy looking for her purse. She finally found it right where she had left it...in the frig! The milk was on the table by the front door. Okay, I made the part about the milk up. ;P
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom >>>>She finally found it right where she had left it...in the frig!<<<< I almost fell out of my seat laughing at that one. It so sounds like something I would do. LOL
Originally Posted By peeaanuut i recently read a news story of a man who lost his wallet back in the late 60s/early 70s and it was recently returned to him completely in tack with nothing missing. He had been a constuction worker laying concrete or brick and it fell out his pocket. They were recently demo'ing the building and it was found and returned. Jus thought I would share. Glad you got the purse back.
Originally Posted By Big Thunder Glad that you found your purse. I know the feeling, I've had similar experiences. The most embarrassing one for me was losing a cell phone. I had taken my car in for new tires at a Sears auto service center. It was back when wireless cellular phones that were not attached to a transmitter were the latest new technology. Like many of us, I depend on my cell phone for work. I left the store while they were changing tires. During that time I realized that I left my phone in the car, when I went back to get it, the phone was not in the place that I kept it in. I asked the technician if he moved it, he said no. I looked on the floor, in the glove compartment, in between the seats, under the seats, but no luck. I was now upset that my phone was missing, I asked who else could have had access to my car, they explained that only workers are allowed in the garage. I spoke with the manager, he was of no help at all. His attitude generated my own negative attitude. I asked if I could use their land line phone to call my office to check my messages. In doing so, explaining that my mobile phone was missing and to divert my calls, my boss expressed his concern and suggested I call the police since it was Sear's lack of security while the car was in their possession. So I did. A police officer came and took a report, asked questions of the technician, me, and the manager. To be honest, I basically, in so many words accused them of being liars and thieves. OK flash forward 3 or 4 months later. I'd since bought a new phone. One day after picking my daughter up from school she dropped something in the car, as she reached down to pick it up she excitedly belted out... "Daddy I found your phone!" It was in the passenger door pocket. I don't know how it got there, but obviously I missed it when I originally searched for it. So, I had to do the right thing, we drove over to the store and I offered my sincere apology for suggesting that they were negligent and/or dishonest. I then called the police department while still in their presence and explained that I found the missing phone and that Sears had nothing to do with it's loss, but it was merely my mistake.
Originally Posted By smedley I'm so pleased your purse turned up LVBelle And now you have 2!! We'll be calling you Ursula soon
Originally Posted By 4Disnee Oh I am so glad that you found your purse. That is such a much better feeling to know that you had miss placed it rather than it being stolen. Whew! A girl can always use two Coaches anyways right!
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom Big Thunder, I misplace my cell phone a lot. When I cannot find it,I call the cell # and follow the rings. My husband had lost his cell phone and we found it this way.It was in the Security Office where he works. The Guard answered the phone. Now That was a funny call. It was good that you went back and made ammends with the Sears people and the Police. That is a tough thing to do, but it always makes you feel better when you correct something that you feel you have done wrong.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 YAY LVBelle! You must have been stunned when you found it. I'm impressed with your honesty Big Thunder!
Originally Posted By LVBelle Thanks for the support guys! And thanks for all of the other lost stories so I don't feel so dumb, at least I know I'm not the only one who does stuff like this! I thought about taking the new purse back but I love it so much, it's not gonna happen! It's also a bit bigger than the old one so I can use it as a diaper bag when we run quick errands! I also found a Target gift card when cleaning out that cabinet!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I can use it as a diaper bag when we run quick errands>> Whoever tries to snatch that purse is in for a surprise. LOL.
Originally Posted By LuLu I did something like Suzie's mom, only it was my engagement ring! I'd taken it off at my MIL to do dishes and had put it in my shorts pocket. Didn't find it til weeks later when I already had the insurance thing going to remake it (I had designed it and still had my drawings, plus the gem appraisal). I did cancel the replacement, tho I didn't want to! ;-)
Originally Posted By Ursula I bow to you. You win and I admit it. The tiara is in the mail. I've done a LOT of things to acquire more handbags over the course of my lifetime, but this one takes the cake. Having just explained this story to my husband, he says, "I hope they kept the receipt on that second one." He's a funny, funny guy. As if.
