There will be NO pictures in this post because my camera, along with my wallet, cell phone, fancy new Victoria Secret lip gloss, a few diapers, and lots of wet wipes were in my purse that was STOLEN last week. No I was not hanging out in Roxbury (the Boston hood). I was at my brother-in-law's wedding reception in Sandy, Utah. Apparently a dodgy place! To be honest, the only thing I could have done to have made it easier for the purse snatcher to steal my purse would have been to just give it to them. I left it in the coat closet (with other people's purses mind you) but mine was right by the door...DUH! I was in and out of the coat closet getting things out of my purse and anyone watching me could tell that I was chasing two little kids and trying to keep them from knocking over punch glasses or licking the frosting off the wedding cake, and that I wasn't paying attention to my purse AT ALL! And when you think about it, it's the perfect crime. No one at a wedding reception knows EVERYONE so no one would say...hey you don't belong here. Just go get some food, linger around the coat closet, and casually take a purse or two and out you go! Gosh you could even take a handful of the wedding gift cards/checks people leave at receptions, no one would EVER know they were missing! Anyway, one time when I went back to coat closet to get Marian's sippy cup...I saw the sippy, but no purse! I couldn't believe it! We looked everywhere but I was pretty sure it was stolen, and I was right. 20 minutes later when I called my credit card companies to cancel my cards, I found out that the purse snatcher had already washed their car TWICE, been grocery shopping, gone on a $550+ WAl-Mart Shopping spree, an tried to fill up their gas tank. Oh, and they rented a Red Box movie! Luckily I won't have to pay for any of it!
Since then, I've been using my detective skills I learned from watching all the police/lawyer shows with Chad to nail these suckers (gas station surveilence cameras etc...) but in the mean time, I'm trying to look on the bright side. So here is the...
Top 10 reasons why I'm glad my purse was stolen- I know now to NEVER leave my purse in stupid places (like wedding reception coat closets)
- There was chocolate toffee left over from the wedding luncheon in my purse...and I probably would have eaten it...who needs the extra calories at Christmas time anyway?
- My cell phone was falling apart (thanks to Marian) and I was thinking of getting a new one sometime soon anyway. My new one is awesome..same number so call me!
- My camera (which was a great quality camera) was the beign of my existence. It was too big, too slow, and did WAY TOO MANY things that I didn't need and so I never carried it around with me. Now I'll use my Christmas money to get a new sleek Cannon Power shot like Chad's sister Nina (I've COVETED her camera since August)
- I will no longer be breaking the 10th commandment
- I got a super cute new purse (big and red so more noticeable if someone wants to steal it) for half price at Target.
Okay so there are only 6, BUT to be honest, it has been
SUCH A PAIN! Anyone who has had their purse stolen would think that coming up with 6 positive things is pretty darn good. Luckily my sister had downloaded all the pictures on my camera onto her computer just a few days before so I only lost a few pictures. Other than that...no permanent harm done. The lip gloss can be repurchased, I've got a new phone, a new camera will soon be on it's way, and I've always got more diapers. I have two healthy, beautiful kids (who try as they did, did not ruin the reception) and a good husband. So life is is good. Happy New Year everyone!
