About Purses

I had big plans for things to post this week on the blog. I took some great pictures of the kids on the new swing set, and I was going to make a general announcement about a birthday party. I was going to show you the cute invites that Ryan made for us to give the kids and their families (y'all know how I like a party!) And then something terrible happened.

I went to the bank on Friday after work to take care of a few things, and I was required to produce my ID, this is only important because it proves to me that I had said ID at the bank. After I finished there I went to the daycare to get the baby. I was in the daycare for less than 5 minutes. Got the baby, and went home.

Now anyone that knows me knows that I live and work in a 2 mile radius. It never takes me long to get anywhere. When I got home, the first thing I noticed is that my purse is missing.

I know I had it at the bank, and now I don't have it. This means it went missing at the daycare. That's what I get for leaving the car unlocked with the windows rolled down, and a purse on the passenger seat.

I did the only thing a person can do in this situation. I called the police, and then I called the bank. I told them everything that had happened. The bank told me there were pending charges on my account from a hardware store for $250, and did I authorize that? I told them I hadn't, and that I hadn't used the card in 3 days.

I have now started to put things back together. I purchased a new purse, I called the doctors and got new meds, and the bank is sending me new cards and checks. Then I got a phone call this morning. It was from the hardware store, and they had found my purse if I would like to come and pick it up.

I called them back and told them I was interested in picking up my purse, but I didn't know where the store was located. They sounded confused and gave me the address. Then they told me that in order to pick up my purse I would need to provide photo ID. Right.

So let me get this straight. This store accepted a stolen card for $250, and in order for me to pick up the bag it was in I'm going to have to hope that my drivers licence is still in there, or beg them to accept my badge as ID. Is it just me, or is this all backwards?

So it seems as if they were under the impression that I had just lost my purse there, not that it had been stolen. This is a store that is more than 30 minutes from where I live, and so far out of my way that I don't think I have been in that area in more than 6 months (it's the suburbs, you make it to all the different parts at least once a year, no matter how hard you try to stay out.).

Tonight after work I'll be heading out to nowhere land to pick up my stolen purse, I'll be interested to see what's left in it that was too worthless for thieves to take.