Remember yesterday when I was talking about how stupid I was for losing my wallet? Well, the continuation of the story proves that I am even more stupid that previously stated.
I decided that on my way home this morning I would stop again at Walmart to see if someone had turned it in. The guy at the service desk went to the back and as he came back out he had a wallet in his hand. “Is this it?” he asked. My heart jumped for a minute and then the disappointment returned as I realized that it was not my wallet.
As I walked back to my car, a breeze caught the top of my head. It was then that I realized I wasn’t wearing my hat. It was warm when I left for work yesterday, so I never grabbed it. However, the day before I had been wearing it. I remembered wearing it that morning I stopped at Walmart.
When I walked in the door a few minutes later than usual, Sam asked if I had stopped at Walmart. I told her I had and asked if she had seen my hat. She said she hadn’t, so I started looking for it.
The shoe rack outside our bedroom door serves many purposes. Yes, it has about 12-16 cubbies for pairs of shoes. It also is where we set the un opened boxes of diapers, pull ups, and baby wipes. Recently, Sam had pulled a bunch of the clothes that were too small for the kids and placed them in a box and set the box on top of the shoe rack. Also on top of the shoe rack, was my hat.
Lo and behold – under my hat ….
To say I was relieved is an understatement! At the same time, I also felt like a bigger dummy than I did yesterday!!
The first thing I did was go into the various banking and credit card apps on my phone and unlocked all the cards. Then I started looking online for those AirLink things that people were telling me about. I will definitely be looking to get one of those things just in case something like this ever happens again!
The story ends with a chuckle –
My birthday and Sam’s birthday are within a month of each other. We got our “birthday cards” from the Secretary of State saying we were due. Sam gave me the debit card from our savings account and told me to take care of them on my way to work or on my way home. As she handed it to me, she says, “Put this in your wallet … and try not to lose it before you get home tomorrow!”
I deserved that!
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 
Yay! Congratulations on finding your wallet.
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A tremendous relief!!!
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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yay! and often things are ‘hiding’ in plain sight. glad for this ending. I once went on a weekend trip and hid my laptop under the floor mat when we stopped somewhere on our way home and didn’t want to leave it where it could be seen. when we got home and settled in I could not find it anywhere and called the hotel in a panic. no one had turned it in and I began to accept that it was lost. the next day, when cleaning out the car, I took out the mats to clean up road trip crumbs, and there it was!
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I couldn’t be happier! One thing is for sure, my car needs to be cleaned out! I found a bag of coffee I bought in the back seat.
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That’s great! Nice too you only froze the cards not canceled so you don’t have to wait for all new ones to arrive.
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Amen to that!!!
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Lol
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My brother is always losing his wallet and it’s always a huge drama. We all have so many stories about the wallet losses. Luckily his wife has to deal with all that now 😂
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