Tag: Lost wallet

A Happy Ending

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!

An Unwanted Headache

I’m going to beat myself up a bit. Why? Because I know better. I did a very dumb thing today. Here is my story.

Have you ever misplaced your cell phone? Sometimes you haven’t misplaced it, but the shot of total fear that you may have lost it will cause you to freak out. Right? I’ve done that countless times. Sheer panic! “Where’s my phone!?” You pat your pockets, look on the front seat of your car, pull laundry out of the washer (just in case it was still in a pocket of your jeans, etc. The panic is real. I only wish that it was my phone that I had misplaced, but it wasn’t. It was my wallet.

When I got out of work this morning, I was driving home and my wife had said the dog was up early to go outside. I told her that I would stop at Walmart on my way home and get one of those cables you can attach to her collar, so she could run out to the back yard without her having to stand there with her. I know that Walmart was the last place I had my wallet, because I did make the purchase and headed home.

Once I was home, I set up the cable and had the dog outside. I played with her a big and had her running around the backyard. I was throwing a ball for her to fetch and just playing around. Once she came inside, I took off my scrubs and went to bed.

Once I woke up, Sam told me that my new driver’s license had some in the mail. I opened the envelope and took it out. I had a cup of coffee. I looked where I normally put my wallet and it wasn’t there. So I figured I must have left it in the car. I took the dog outside with the kids. I looked in my car and it wasn’t there. When I came back inside, I checked my work bag and my lunch bag. Nothing. Now I started to panic even more.

By this time, it had been almost 8 hours since I was at Walmart. I tried to call there and the phone just rang and rang. I finally drove up there and asked if anyone had turned in a wallet. They asked a manager who came out (looking just thrilled to be there – NOT) and said that no one had turned in a wallet. She told me in a dull and drab voice that if it had been left in the store, an associate would usually be the one to find it and turn it in. If it was lost in the parking lot “it is probably gone.”

This poor excuse for a manager then told me that I was welcome to check all the trash cans in the parking lot near where I had parked and brushed me off. It was actually the gal at the service desk who offered to take my name and number in case someone did turn it in. For that, I was grateful.

We’ve tore the house apart. I have looked in my car more times than I want to count. I cannot find it. Deep down I know it is lost. I am such a dummy!

I have put locks on a couple of my credit cards and my bank debit cards. However, my FSA card is in there as well as another credit card I have never used. My old driver’s license, my health insurance cards, and much more. The biggest problem is – I don’t really know exactly what all was in there. There was no cash, but I am sure account numbers “rewards” cards from Bigbee, Tim Horton’s, etc.. were in there too. It just makes me vey angry.

Did I leave it at the self check out? Did it fall out of my pocket? Was a pick pocketed? I have no clue. I was probably too tired to know and obviously too tired to remember. My stomach is in knots just thinking about it.

I truly hope that if someone did find it (1) they didn’t throw it in a trashcan and (2) are honest enough to turn it in or drop it in a mailbox. Lord knows that the amount of honest people in the world is on the decline ….

Sigh. An honest person has it, right?