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Lost and Not Found Yet :(

December 2nd, 2014 at 01:59 am

So I ended November quite well ... by losing my keys! On the key ring is my car key fob, apartment key, mailbox key (x2 also for PO box), and laundry room key.
UGH!

They have to be in here somewhere. I had to have them to get into my apartment on Saturday afternoon when I came back from walking to the library. I didn't realize they were missing until Sunday afternoon when I was about to leave to go walk to my landlord's house and drop off my rent check. I looked everywhere! When NE came later, he helped me look again.

Nowhere to be found!

Thankfully I somehow found my spare car key - so I was able to drive to work this morning. However, I had to leave my apartment unlocked!

Tonight I called my landlord and explained what happened, and he had an extra key for my apartment - as well as ONE laundry room key (which he'll get tomorrow from me.)

I can't check my mail until I get the keys back - normally I wouldn't care too much .. but in a couple weeks I may have some cards and such coming ... Smile

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I went to Russ's (grocery store) tonight. I spent $8.57 and NONE of it was junkfood. You have no idea how RARE it is for me to stop in a food store of any kind and NOT leave with some form of chocolate.

I felt really proud of myself. Smile

However, while I was checking out, I had my arm resting on the top of my cart while I waited for my card to go through. All of a sudden the ?manager? jerked the cart away from me and left with it!! I only had two bags and I hadn't put them in the cart yet, but still!! It made it pretty difficult for me to get my gloves and hoodie back on for my walk home.

I thought about saying something to him after my startle was over, but decided to let it go.

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Today at work I found out that I should be able to take two fifteen minute breaks on top of my lunch break. I know it worked that way when I was at the oil and gas company in TX, but since my boss didn't mention anything about it ... I just kind of figured that the 30 minute lunch was it and then just use the bathroom when I needed to quickly. My boss will be back tomorrow, so I'll have to talk to her about it. I'd love to be able to go into the fitness room and walk on the treadmill or something twice a day! Great way to increase my steps.

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I got a $25 windfall in my PayPal account today from Swagbucks. (Which I'll be adding to my tally page on my sidebar.)

I also cashed in for two $5 AGCs.

I cashed out for a 500 SB code on Bing on Saturday, and should have enough for another one by Thursday thanks to the double points weekend. Smile

On PerkTV I have nearly 12,000 points and have made tons of entries for giftcard sweeps with my tokens.

I have 43,000 points on Yougov - a survey site. It's enough for a variety of $25 giftcards, but the best value I think is waiting til I have 100,000 points for a $100 AGC. That's the only one that is point per dollar value. (I have referral links to YouGov, Bing, Ting, Swagbucks all in my sidebar if you're interested. Big Grin )

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I was going to call to set up a doctor's appointment today, but I forgot I had the number on my old phone. I'd only brought my new one with me to work today.

I'm a burping garlic and pumpkin seeds gal at the moment ...

6 Responses to “Lost and Not Found Yet :(”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    Sorry about the lost keys. They will be in the last place you look, of course!

    If that cart thing would happen again, I'd pipe up and indicate you are not done using it! Bad customer service on their part.

  2. crazyliblady Says:
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    Check the pockets of coats, pants, spare purses, etc. that you have used or worn recently for your keys. Check couches, chairs, etc. in your house. I have sometimes even lost my keys in my purse when they get into a weird pocket or something. Now I have a carabiner clip to clip my keys to a ring on the inside of the purse. You can buy them cheap at all kinds of stores, but I got mine free from a vendor when I went to a professional conference.

  3. Kiki Says:
    1417493511

    Is there a chance you left them in the door lock?

    I'd get the apartment rekeyed right away!

    And I know the answer is probably yes but did you retrace your steps walking into the apartment? did you have bags that the keys could have dropped into and you tossed? Coat pockets? pants pockets? accidentally fell into trash?

    I once lost my keys - about 20 years ago. They never did show up and I had one of those "if lost please drop in the post box and it will go to my bank" key chains.

    Hope you find them soon!

  4. snafu Says:
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    Losing keys is incredibly inconvenient and you'll be shocked at how expensive it is to replace your car fob, should that become necessary. I too recommend using a carabiner. It takes a bit of time to train yourself to always clip keys to the gizmo but it really stops the lost key or where are the keys...phenomena

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I am continuing to search for them ...

  6. littlegopher Says:
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    Underneath books in a library book bag?? Could they have escaped into your coat lining through a hole in the pocket?? Both have happened to me... Good luck!!

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