The Grinch Stole My Purse
Dec 27th, 2007 by Ginger Wilcox
Off topic…
Last week, I was out shopping with the masses with my youngest (in a stroller) when I realized my purse was gone- car keys, house & office keys, TREO with lockbox installed on it, a special code key I need to access the mls, money, identification, credit cards - a lot of important stuff in a small little bag.
STOLEN- while I pushed a toddler around the mall.
What a way to ruin a kid’s Christmas.
Security watched my car (for fear it would be stolen) while reports were filed. Locks were changed, credit cards canceled, cell phone suspended, my trip delayed etc. etc.
MERRY CHRISTMAS? I don’t think so. Haven’t I been a good girl this year?
Apparently, not as bad as I thought. I got a call late last night. It was the post office. They have my purse- it was discarded in a post office receptacle. Money most likely gone, but sounds like my identification and phone are still there.
How can you steal from a mom with a child three days before Christmas? Just curious.
And the silver lining- a Christmas without a cell phone, no email on my TREO (very hard for those of us used to checking our email every 3 minutes!). Pure dedicated family time. A little vacation from technology. It was a good thing. Money, credit cards, cell phones are helpful- but family is everything.
The Grinch may have stolen my purse but he didn’t steal my Christmas.
Goodness, that must have been a bummer, to lose your purse right before Christmas, like that. ‘Glad no harm seems to have come from it. And it is good to take a breather from technology, isn’t it? Happy New Year, Ginger!
It definitely was nice to take a breather from technology. Now I am back up and running and enveloped in it again!
Goodness, what a nightmare! Holiday shopping is such an easy time to get distracted. At least, you got some of the purse back.
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Forget the holidays, it is the kids who distract you!! Thanks for the compliment about the blog!