With all the chaos & busyness of the move weekend, it is not a wonder that I lost my mind by the end of the weekend! I shouldn't tell this on myself, but I figure it was a good wake up call to me and could be to many others to pay more attention to your purse when at the grocery store! Anyway, Mom left on Sunday evening & I decided to make a run to the store for some groceries. I was about middle of the shopping trip when I looked down and realized my purse was gone & my stomach just dropped! I immediately ran frantic with my basket to the front of the store and grabbed a manager on my way who (I'm happy to say) dropped everything and ran with me. He made some calls on his CB as we were headed to the front. I parked my basket and headed out the front doors and into the parking lot asking all of the basket guys if they had seen any suspicious behaviour to which no one had. So, hoping that I had just left my purse in the truck, I ran over to it and took a look inside, but no purse. I went back inside to where I had left my basket and described my purse to the manager and where I had been in the store. He told me that they could look at the security cameras & I'm thinking "this could be a long night full of police reports & closing down credit cards, cell phone, etc. & also what a great way to start off our experience in Austin!" So as I am explaining where I had been in the store, I was pointing to the basket at items I had picked up there when I realized that half the stuff in the basket was not mine & some of the stuff I had picked up was missing & still it did not click, but it
evidently did with the manager. We began retracing my steps in the store to find a basket sitting nicely in front of the bagged lettuce
refrigerator with a black purse that looked EXACTLY like mine just minding its own business! If you are a woman, you know what a feeling of relief came across me at that moment! My life is in that purse! My digital camera, new cell phone, wallet with all credit cards & any and every necessity that a girl needs! Anyway, let this be a reminder to all of you ladies, NEVER take your eyes off of your purse when in the grocery store!! I knew I had & really thought someone had snatched it just when I wasn't looking. i know
purse theft is real (click on the link & pay close attention to tip #3 b/c I literally felt stranded) & it would have been so easy for someone to do b/c I really wasn't paying attention. I will now!!!