The One Where I Share the First of Many Blonde Moments

Ok ... so to stall and entertain you all (anyone?) reading my blog just dying to see/hear updates on my baby blankets and big sister blanket ... I will tell you my embarrassing story from yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon after work I went to JoAnn's to get some yarn for the border of the big-sister blanket ... and I also piled a bunch of scrapbook stuff in my cart as well. But as I was finishing my shopping and heading to the checkout, I realized that I had not brought my wallet in ... so I left my cart near a checkout at the front of the store and told the checkout lady that I needed to run to my car and get my wallet ...

When I got out to my car, I dug through my (huge, suitcase-like) purse ... no wallet. I was annoyed. I dug through my purse again, just to be sure. I was CRANKY. I spent like an hour in JoAnn's trying to decide what to buy, daydreaming about crochet projects and mother's day crafts and scrapbook pages ... I had carefully selected a CART FULL of cool crafty stuff ... and I didn't have my wallet. And ... also I told the checkout lady I would be right back ... and so even though I know it was rude, I decided not to even go back in the store ... they would figure out I wasn't coming back eventually, right? (I know, rude! But I was embarrassed ... I felt stupid for getting a whole CART FULL stuff and then having to leave it there ... )

So ... I went to pick up The Technician from work ... and I was really early. (Sometimes we drive together even though I get off work WAY before him, and I kill time shopping! or crocheting! or even ... doing homework-- YUCK!). So I sat in the parking lot for about an hour and a half crocheting on the big-sister blanket (update to come!) and stewing about all my left-behind crafting items ... And I looked through my purse a few more times, just to be SURE!

After I had been sitting there for about an hour, it occurred to me ... did I ACTUALLY have my wallet with me in the store? In the cart? UNDER ALL MY STUFF? I racked my brain ... I tried to picture myself getting out of the car and walking into the store ... I didn't think I had my wallet. I was SURE (well, pretty sure) that I had gone into the store empty handed (and also? What kind of person walks into a CRAFT STORE empty handed? No wallet? No purse? What was I thinking ANYWAYS?!?!) but still I had this nagging feeling ... what if I had been even dumber than I first thought -- what if I really had my wallet the whole time and just DIDN'T LOOK UNDER my stuff to see if it was there? But no ... I wasn't THAT STUPID!!

When T. got out to the car, we began driving. I was just going to go home (which is on the other side of town) and make sure my wallet was safely on the kitchen table where I was (almost) POSITIVE it was ... but as I told T the story, he FORCED me to go back to JoAnn's (since it was like 2 blocks away) and double check.

I argued with him the whole way ... "but my cart isn't going to still be sitting there an hour and a half later!" ... "but I can just CALL and then I don't have to face the ladies laughing at my stupidity" ... "but ... but ... what if they are MAD at me for leaving my cart there to "run out to my car" for an HOUR AND A HALF?!?" (and yes ... I really worry about stuff like this. I am maybe a little bit weird? And also spacey. And also ... I worry about stuff. LOTS AND LOTS of stuff.)

We got back to JoAnn's ... I tried to convince T. to go in and look in the cart FOR me ... but the whole time he was just laughing and rolling his eyes. I told him that if the JoAnn's people laughed at me, I was going to be mad at HIM for making me come back. He laughed at me some more. Finally I went into the store ...

And my cart was right where I left it ... and as I picked up the stuff in the cart to look UNDER IT ... I found ... wait for it ... MY WALLET!! Yep. I had it the whole time.

Soooo ... I pushed my cart up to the checkout and the girl said "I was just about to go put that stuff away." Now, this was a different girl than had been there when I was there TWO HOURS AGO ... I could have just smiled vaguely, made my purchase, and escaped with little embarrassment. But as soon as she said that, I thought to myself, "you know, it really is funny that I did this" ... so I explained the whole story to her, laughing at myself the whole time ... "So first, I brought my wallet, THEN I thought I forgot it, and THEN I thought I had it in my car and THEN I realized it wasn't in the car and THEN I thought I left it at home and THEN I left for two hours before realizing that MAYBE my wallet was in the cart the whole time ... ha ha ha ... "

She stared at me. She sort-of gave me a half smile and kind of muttered "oh man ... " she QUICKLY handed my card back to me and pretty much shoved my bag at me and QUICKLY turned to the next customer ... Yep. She thought I was some (stupid) crazy lady.

When I got out to the car, T, still laughing, asked, "did they laugh at you?"

"Nope. I think they were a bit scared of the crazy lady"

He laughed so hard he was crying. "You HAVE to blog about this," he said. "It is just too funny."