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Lisa's Day Off

Raising 3 kids is hard work. About a month ago I started planning a day off. I decided that I would get together with my sisters-in-law, Becky and Nancy, and my mom to shop, eat with out kids, and watch a non-kid movie.

Last Saturday was our big day out. We went and saw "Premonition". Then we went to lunch. After lunch I had to go home to feed Cassandra (we tried to give her a bottle for a week but she never took it). After lunch we headed to Park City to the outlet mall.

I almost never spend money on myself so Jeremy wanted me to take $150 and spend it all on me. I don't carry a purse, just a diaper bag, and I usually stick my wallet in there. Since I didn't have kids I didn't have a diaper bag. I didn't want to carry just my wallet so I put my cash into my pocket.

The first store we went into I found some skirts that I wanted to try on. I decided to buy one of the skirts. I went over to the counter to pay for it. I pulled out my money and realized that I didn't have my $100 bill. I paid for my skirt and headed back to the dressing room. Someone was in it. The worker knocked on the door and asked the woman if she had found a $100 bill. The woman said "Oh thank you. I dropped my $100 bill out of my left pocket." Everyone who heard it looked at each other in confusion. So she did find the money? But she just happened to have dropped her money just minutes after I dropped mine? And in the exact same spot?

So me being me, I go outside to call Jeremy and cry. I come back in to look again. At this point I'm pretty mad. I wait for the woman to come out of the dressing room. I thought of a few things to say to her but nothing that was approipate or would have gotten me my money back. When she came out of the dressing room I asked again if she found my money. She said that she only found her money. I'm in total shock and don't know what to say. I started to leave the store but then noticed that Nancy was buying a skirt. I walked over to her. The woman started to walk to the check out but saw us and turned and walked away.

Over the next 48 hours I though of things I could have and maybe should have said to her. I don't think she would have given my money back to me whatever I would have said. She told a lie and didn't know how to get out of it. I wish I would have said something like "Don't spend all my money in one place" or something like that.

Oh well. Live and learn. Next time I will take a purse or credit cards and not leave cash in my pocket. It's too bad that out all the women that were in that store that the most dishonest one had to find my money.

Posted by Lisa at March 26, 2007 10:27 AM