I had high hopes for yesterday. Lists and plans and errands and it was all going so very, very well until I got to Costco. I have a secret love affair with Costo. It is hiddeous and every kind of consumer-ism that I don't like but it happens to be not so very far from my house and, well, a 1-2 monthly trip to Costco allows me to stock-up on essentials that can't be found at the market. Nappies, tinned tomatoes and oats. Huge quantities befitting a family that eats porridge for breakfast and tinned tomatoes with everything for dinner. The nappies are self-explanatory.
But I digress.
Things were being ticked off lists. E was being adorable (mostly), I had managed to squirrel 2 hours away during nap-time for some very important birthday sewing before dashing out to do the Costco run before dinner. It was all clicking so marvelously into place. And then I lost my handbag. Or more precisely, I think someone liberated it from my trolley in the carpark whilst I was wrestling with a not-so-adorable toddler, a ridiculously large trolley and a parking ticket. When I finally got everything packed away into the car there was a small little knot of anxiousness wondering where my bag was but I dismissed it until I got home. But on unpacking the car it was clear that the bag was not there. Checking three times didn't help. There was no handbag to be seen. A trip back to Costco. No bag. Poof! Gone. Just like that.
As I have tried to reassure myself many times over the last 24 hours it is not all bad. My wallet was thankfully in my hands. As were my keys. I was not mugged. E is safe. I am safe. There was no need to cancel any cards or reapply for pesky things like my driving licence. E's very special toy "Hippo" that often hangs out in my bag - just in case - was also thankfully in her hands. But my phone was not. Nor was my camera. They are gone. There were no photos on my camera (thankfully) but many, many photos on my phone which I will never get back.
It's such a silly thing really. They are possesions after all and replaceable. Hopefully insurance might pay for some. Oh but I do feel sick at the thought of it. My lovely, lovely camera gone.
4 comments:
Oh no! That's awful. I'm really, really sorry to hear about that bear, especially your camera. Its nice you're trying to see the bright side. But so shitty :(
It's not silly at all, Clare, and while it's true that it is just a possession, it is still a violation, and such a nasty one, at that.
I am so sorry this happened to you, but I am glad that you and E are safe.
I'm so sorry that happened. That's really horrible, but at least you are safe, you had your wallet and important things. But still sorry about your phone and camera.
Thats horrible and one of my biggest nightmares!! Luckily there were no picture on the camera, but oh no, on the phone!! Bad bad bad karma for the person who took the bag! Hopefully insurance will pay for a new camera! Fingers crossed!
Kristina x
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