... oh... dear.

[kaberett]

Hmm, I thought, I ordered some shirts for me & A back toward the end of December, they were supposed to be here by the 24th, I should go look at the tracking information.

... the shipping address is correct and this... claims... they were delivered... on the 20th of January. And signed for. By "alex".

What was I doing on the 20th of January, at around 11am? ... APPARENTLY I WAS ASLEEP. And given that reminder vague memories swim into, well, out-of-focus, dreamlike, of a doorbell and a fizz of excitement about how we'd be able to try them on and see if they fit and a little surprise at them being early and...

... I have absolutely, categorically, no idea at all where they are.

We are now engaged in the fun game of attempting to reconstruct the thought processes of a sleepy Alex, a week ago, attempting to select A Safe And Sensible Place. We have been at this, intermittently, for most of the evening. So far we are experiencing what I shall delicately refer to as deferred success.

Comments

[lunabee34]

Oh dear. I hope you find them.

[shanaqui]

Deferred success. I like it.

I always default to bookshelves, when sleepy. Slotting things in on top of books makes perfect sense to sleepy!me.

[recessional]

. . . under the bed?

[tei]

Deferred success, ha. I hope you find them! This is why I hate ordering stuff online— something weird ALWAYS happens, at least to me.

[niqaeli]

.....I don't suppose "in the fridge/freezer" is likely? That's where sleepy!me puts her glasses if she's sufficiently out of it, but yeah.

[worlds_of_smoke]

oops!! Good luck finding them. XD

[azurelunatic]

Oh, dear! 😂

[passingbuzzards]

being unable to find something in a relatively small space is absolutely in the top three most annoying human experiences (i hope you find them!) (and "deferred success" is a wonderful term)

[silveradept]

Oh, dear. Hopefully success is not deferred for much longer.

[aldabra]

Is "gym clothes" a hint? You put them down where you picked the gym clothes up?

[aldabra]

I knew someone once who had a drawer labelled "a safe place", for exactly the circumstance where they knew they'd put something in a safe place...

[sylvaine]

Oh nooooo! *hugs*

[vass]

Could it be somewhere near the sofa?

[booksarelife]

I hope you eventually found them!! And the term “deferred success” is making me laugh

[lokifan]

LMAAAAAAOOOOO

...Sorry. Good luck finding them?

[wolby]

My distracted brain likes to put things on top of other things, maybe because piles=neatness. The top of refrigerators is my #1 spot to check. (I'm v tall, this may not apply.)

In general, once you've tried the obvious spots, general tidying (put things on surfaces away into their proper homes, which you can also check for incorrect occupants; straighten books and feel on top of/behind them; fold/hang clean laundry) is the best way to find things. Not fast, but it usually works in the long term. I recently misplaced Sam's computer mouse for a day, and found it on top of a jar of flour on the kitchen counter when I went to clear off the counter.