Want to laugh at me? I misplaced two necklaces over a year ago and have been looking all over the house for them ever since. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked through old purses and suitcases convinced they must be tucked away in a zippered compartment only to come up empty-handed. Even though both necklaces aren’t worth much (just cheap costume jewelry I got over a decade ago at Claire’s when they used to sell nice-looking stuff), I loved them because they went with so many of my outfits. I finally convinced myself that I must have accidentally donated them to Goodwill.
Yesterday I was dusting my dresser and moved my jewelry box, revealing the fact that the top opens – a fact I had forgotten. Sitting inside all safe and sound were the two necklaces I thought I’d never see again along with a few other pieces I had forgotten about. I cannot believe I’ve been looking all over for those damn necklaces for more than a year and all this time they were right there were they belonged. I feel like such a bonehead.
This just reaffirms the fact that I don’t lose things, I just misplace them… sometimes for over a year.