stephanier.1765 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Every year I misplace a gift. Months later it'll show up in the most unlikely of places but by then it's such a let down to give it to it's recipient. This year I was going to do it right. When I ordered or bought a gift, I put it on a list under the recipients name so I could keep a tally. Then when the gift was in hand, I'd highlight it so I'd know it had arrived, then seal the box (usually Amazon) back up so there could be no snooping and place it in my closet. Since no one was home today, I thought I'd take all the packages out and sort them by recipient so gift wrapping would be easier. I checked each gift off as I sorted it into it's new box. And wouldn't you know it, one gift is missing, Ugh!!!!! I have torn my closet apart, went through all the boxes and bags again, and it just isn't here. Why????????? Update in post #11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Oh no! Maybe you checked it off by mistake to begin with, and it hadn't really arrived yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 I just checked Amazon and it showed it delivered. I'm hoping it will show up when I start wrapping because I don't know what else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'm the opposite. I overbuy or change my mind and then have several things to take back. Double ugh. Hope you find it!! Can you remember what it was? Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yeah, it's a video game so that sucker could have slid down anywhere. I did tear my closet apart to look for it in case it did but came up with nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candicane Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Ugh that's the worst! My dad bought my mom earrings once, I believe it was, but he forgot where he hid 'em. Then, she found them later on and thought they were for another woman!!! Talk about awkward lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Oh, that is so frustrating! I hope it turns up! I hit upon this solution (which won't help if the item slid down somewhere): Last summer, my DH found an item for my DS's birthday, a few months ahead of his October birthday. So I tucked it in a drawer and then set up my Google account to send me a reminder three days in advance: "DS2's present -- in left middle dresser drawer." I did happen to remember on my own, but if I hadn't, Google would have told me about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Aaargh. I do this for birthdays and such and it's so frustrating. Not to mention my closet is a mess so then I start feeling bad about that and it compounds. I feel your pain. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We have our annual "Presents Dad forgot he bought and hid" party sometime after February every year. We've come to look forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Hope you find it! Off to return the hairdryer I got for dd--after already buying her one previously this summer for a mission trip. Yeah--love when the good idea I had has already been used... (Once, I found a great coat for my dad. I ordered it last minute from LLBean. I knew he'd love it, and I was so relieved to have finally found a nice gift. It just looked so much like something he would wear--BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD ONE AND I'D SEEN HIM IN IT THE PREVIOUS YEAR....sheesh.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 I am a complete moron. I now own this. DS3 came home from work a few minutes ago and I was telling him what I had done. He looked at me like I was crazy. Because I had gotten such a good deal on the game, DS3 gave me the money for it so it could be his gift to DS2. So the gift isn't lost. There was a transfer of giver. Duh! Back to regularly scheduled programming. :smash: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 So glad it worked out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albeto. Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Transfer of gifts is good! I once found a gift some 6 or 7 years later. Oops. Good thing my kids have low expectations of their mother's memory. They'll never be disappointed, and every once in a while, they'll be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 My husband had pretty much the same thing happen yesterday. He KNEW the present had arrived from his mom and couldn't find it. He started to panic, because he never loses ANYthing. A few hours later, he realized it was under the Christmas tree, already wrapped--exactly where he'd put it. I'm glad I wasn't home to witness it. He must have been an absolute wreck, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Well I was going through gifts last night so I could start wrapping, and I realized that I bought 2 of the same exact movie. :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Ive been wrapping over the last week or so. But I've been so tired and distracted that I honestly do not know what is in some of the parcels under my tree. They're all clearly labelled, so I can give them to the right people, but two people will be getting a surprise when they're unwrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yesterday I went around for a good 5 minutes saying, "Where are my keys? Where are my keys?" They were (of course) in my hand... :glare: So, I get it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yay! Happy ending, and you all had a good laugh over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yesterday I went around for a good 5 minutes saying, "Where are my keys? Where are my keys?" They were (of course) in my hand... :glare: So, I get it! Yesterday I locked us all out the house... Thankfully one mistake cancelled out another because I'd forgotten to lock the back door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I did the big gift go through this afternoon while dh and kids were out shopping for me, and I am not missing one but TWO gifts that the internet tells me have been delivered. UGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Hahaha! One of my DDs is getting a gift that she should have gotten for her birthday earlier in the fall :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I was freaking out, trying to find DD2's gift to DD1. DH had brought it in from the mailbox and I'd barely glanced at it before motioning to him to hide it. I thought he'd hidden it down low in the closet, along with every other thing we've hidden. Nope, it was way up top on a pile of shoe boxes. I happened to glance up and notice it just as panic set in. Whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Mama Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yesterday I went around for a good 5 minutes saying, "Where are my keys? Where are my keys?" They were (of course) in my hand... :glare: So, I get it! Yesterday we went to the zoo. I kept counting heads and asked where Faith was. Joy looked at me like I was nuttier than a fruitcake and said, "Mom, you're holding her hand." You are in good company, my friend. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 My mother is famous for this. She is also famous for heating some part of dinner up in the microwave and forgetting about it till hours after. Mom brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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