Louisa lived about an hour’s drive from the shops. There were four mouths to feed, and she would go into town every second Monday and get two weeks’ supply of groceries.
Today was different. It was only Thursday of the first week, but Mr and Mrs Higgins were coming for dinner tomorrow evening. A special trip to town was required. Louisa made a list of what was needed. Thank goodness she remembered to take the list. She’d left it sitting on the kitchen bench, and was just driving out her gate when she remembered she hadn’t got it with her. Lucky save!
Upon arrival at the supermarket, she got a large trolley and spent ages selecting the ingredients for tomorrow’s dinner. She read the packets of things, and went from soup packets to sauce packets and back. Things had to be just right. Well, things didn’t HAVE to be “just right”, but Louisa wanted it to be nice.
The trolley was piled with stuff. The shop assistant scanned them. And behold! Louisa’s purse had been stolen. She’d had it sitting in the trolley as she always did. There was no way she could pay for her groceries.
She contacted her Bank and cancelled her cards. She contacted the Police. The Police took down her details, including her mother-in-law’s maiden name, which seemed to be really important information for the recovery of her purse.
It took all day, and in the end, Louisa drove home grocery-less and in the foulest mood possible.
Her husband was home from work. And there, sitting on the kitchen bench, was her purse. She’d left it behind when she came back to pick up the grocery list.
I hate it when that happens.
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Of gorse – I mean of course – so do I 🙂
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Sweet story. Oh, boy have I had days like that.
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I have days like that too – although I don’t carry a handbag!
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Lol!
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Oh no…it happened to someone I know as well, almost similar case, but he cancelled all cards and even applied for new driving license, then couple days later, he found his wallet under his bed! 🙂
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LOL! It’s best – like me – to have no money!!
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I think we’ve all been there
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So you were the one with the cloven hooves I picked up.
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Ha! Reading this I thought of the film The Hitcher. The 80s one. Really great film. Thanks for the reminder 🙂
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Oh, what a beauty! I can absolutely relate with that!
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Been there. Done that!
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