That's Twice
@just4him (317041)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
August 30, 2018 9:34am CST
Am I losing my mind? Sunday when I went to supper with my grandson to Golden Corral, I left my bag/tote sitting on the chair next to me and had to go back in that pouring rain to get it. Thankfully, someone turned it in, and nothing was taken.
This morning, I went to Wal-Mart for a very light shopping trip. I needed water, I have three bottles left. Also some cooking spray and baker's chocolate powder. Like I said, a light shopping trip. I wanted bananas too, but they didn't look the greatest and mostly green, so I wouldn't have been able to have one for at least a day maybe longer. So, I just left them. Something else I left, my bag/tote in the basket for the mobile cart.
I got home, reached for the non-existent bag, and put the car in reverse and headed back to Wal-Mart. It is now hanging on a peg where I always keep it with the coats.
I hope I've learned. I don't want to make this three times in one week. There are only two days left of this week.
The picture is mine. The bag immediately behind it, the flowered one is my gym bag. Have you left things behind to find you had to hurry and get back and get it before it was lost for good?
Thanks for reading.
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@snowy22315 (180674)
• United States
30 Aug 18
I haven't left my purse for a long time..but I have left my credit card and drivers license places. That is stressful too.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
31 Aug 18
I would if I did not leave my keys attached or in my purse/bag. I need the keys to start the car so I would automatically miss the bag!
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
2 Sep 18
@just4him I understand we all develop certain ways of doing things. I just know that if I didn't need my keys I might leave my purse. I have a bulky keychain so I don't like to put them in my pockets or on my belt loop. When it is cold out and I don't feel like carrying a purse, if I am wearing a jacket I will put my small wallet and my keys in my jacket pockets. Being free of a purse can be liberating!
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
I always put my keys in my pants/jacket pocket and only in my purse if I don't have either available. I have one pair of pants without pockets and I don't always wear a jacket, especially in summer. So, my keys are rarely in my bag.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
30 Aug 18
I'm always leaving things behind and having to chase after them
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
2 Sep 18
@just4him very frustrating - made lists to try to be sure of taking everything, and then forgotten the lists too
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
@arthurchappell I usually forget my lists, but having written them down, I at least have a good memory of what's on them.
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
30 Aug 18
Oh no, I sure hope this doesn't happen again.
and very glad the person at the restaurant turned it in without taking anything. Good people do still exist!
I've almost forget my phone a few times, on the carts seat. but never did leave without it. thankfully.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
@Courtlynn Come to think of it. I better take it off the charger. It's been two days again. 
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@Courtlynn (67085)
• United States
2 Sep 18
@just4him my grandmother leaves hers behind all the time.. at home.. lol
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
9 Sep 18
The older I get the more forgetful I become. I think it will only get worse. As for bottled water, if I were you I'd get it at Menards. It's only $1.99 for a 24 pack of half liter bottles. I know even the generic Walmart brand is way more than that.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
1 Sep 18
I'm glad you got it back both times... I was putting some shopping in the trunk of the car...but put a bag on the ground by the wheel to make room for it.... then forgot about it..., closed the trunk and drove off... but I saw it in my rear view mirror. .., so stopped and went and got it....lol
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
The only place I went was to my pastor's home last night, and I'm sure if I left it there, I'd get it back tomorrow. Fortunately, it's sitting where it belongs on its peg.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
31 Aug 18
your bag is so cute. for me, i use the black sling bag and i wear it cross-left shoulder to my right.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
30 Aug 18
Nice bag.
I wonder what is causing you to forget it? Ah happens easily some days. I'm happy that you have been able to retrieve it both times.
Don't feel bad. I've locked keys in my car before. Once I locked myself out of my apartment, too
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
I can't do both, but I could probably do one. My apartment keys and my car keys are on the same ring. Come to think of it, if I locked my keys in the car, I wouldn't be able to get into my apartment. For an emergency of that magnitude, my son has my spare set of car keys.
Thank you. I saw that at my hair dresser's salon one day and had to have it. It's handmade.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
2 Sep 18
@just4him I love handmade things. :-)
Thank goodness your son has a spare set of keys. So you're covered in case of emergency :-)
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
@FayeHazel He asked me last week if I gave him a set because he ran across a set he wasn't familiar with. I told him yes, it was mine.
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@Marilynda1225 (82791)
• United States
30 Aug 18
You are so lucky to get your bag back twice.
When I go shopping I have a small cross body bag I wear so I have it with me all the time
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@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
30 Aug 18
Certainly I've left things. What makes for a really bad feeling is when you get all the way home before realizing you're missing something, and have to go back to get it.
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@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Sep 18
Yes, that is stressful, and why I was on my way back to Wal-Mart as soon as I pulled into my parking space in front of my apartment building.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Aug 18
No, nothing like that has ever happened to me.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62476)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
30 Aug 18
I carry my wallet in my back pocket, usually even when I carry my purse. just in case I forget it. Everything else can be replaced easier than my licesne and debit cards.
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