goodbye pretty purse

so my purse got stolen today…

ugh i still can’t believe it’s gone.  we were running errands in town and we were at our last stop.  we just had to run into the grocery store to grab one thing.  dustin always pays for things, so i just left my purse in the car.  we always lock our doors and it was the middle of the day on a busy street so no big deal.  so we get back to the car, unlock it and “my purse is gone!  someone stole my purse.”  i’m really good at freaking out, but i tried to stay calm.  was it here when we went into this store?  did i take it in with me and set it down?  i retraced our steps, but to no avail.  it was officially stolen.  creepy that someone slipped in our car, grabbed it and disappeared.  and that he/she so easily got away with it.  no one questioned, no one cared to stop him/her.  thankfully nothing besides my purse was taken.   unthankfully i had just put our camera in my purse.  well dustin’s camera, so that makes it even worse.  and, this isn’t quite on the same scale as the camera, but i’d been wanting a cute purse (you know, cute and casual, but can also look nice) forever, and i finally got one this christmas from my mom, and now it’s gone.  along with 2 cute change purses, my spanish/english dictionary which is replaceable but was a gift, so to me it had sentimental value.  and my bible that dustin had bought me years ago.  all replaceable things yes, but they were special to me.  not to mention my drivers license, debit/credit cards, mexican cell phone, etc.  so i lose all these things, have to waste my time reporting what’s been stolen, and for what, $10-$15.  lame. keep the $ and let me keep my things please.  we circled the area a few times, hoping that they realized there was only a little $, took that and then dropped the rest.  but that didn’t happen.  the thing that’s a little scary is that my keys were in my purse.  those keys include a key to our car and our house.  we’re hoping the thief isn’t smart enough to track our car down and take that, or worse track us down and find our house.  that’s probably very unlikely, but i happen to be very unlucky.  in the last year and a half or so, if you combine my spacyness and bad luck i’ve managed to lose 3 phones, 3 very cute change purses, 3 credit cards, 2 drivers licenses, countless gift cards, about $45, a set of keys, a camera and a wedding band.  my reaction is improving though.  less hysteria and less tears.  anyway, that’s my story for today.  “a little scary but surprisingly… upbeat”  (that will only make sense to those who’ve seen ‘how to lose a guy in 10 days’)