Yesterday I tried again. This time I went to Jefferson Pointe.
I did see several things at Von Maur that were very pretty, unfortunately they were constructed in such a way that they were more revealing than my undergarments. Not good. I did find a dress for my favorite life-size Barbie, who really doesn't need a new dress, but I couldn't resist.
I enjoyed walking around JP in the gorgeous sunshine. I visited a few other stores, including my beloved Chico's, even though I knew that they wouldn't have what I was looking for this time. I did find a really pretty shirt, though.
I decided that I would visit Stein Mart on my way home. I got to my car and began searching for my keys. And searching. And searching. Looked in the car window. Couldn't see the keys anywhere.
Did I stick them in my pocket instead of my purse when I got out of the car? Did I drop them when I was putting them in my purse? Did I drop them when I was paying at one of the stores? I retraced my steps, asked at each of the stores. No luck.
Called Bethany to come get me, but then I realized that that would do no good, because I have the only key to that car. So I called a locksmith who could make me a new key after we got my door open if the key wasn't in there. It took about 45 minutes for him to get there, but I had Bethany most of the time, so it went pretty quickly.
He popped open the door and I got in and started looking. My keys were under my book bag on the passenger seat. I still have NO idea how they got there.
I ended up blowing most of the afternoon, but I did learn some lessons:
--Do not talk on the phone to your mother and your almost-five-year-old niece while getting out of the car.
--No matter how many paranoid emails you get about not locking the car with the key fob because of people waiting in parking lots to steal the signal and break into your car, use the key fob. I am--obviously--in far greater danger of locking the keys in the car.
--When they doctor has just told you to avoid citrus fruits, don't drink lemonade, no matter how thirsty you think you are and how good it looks.
2 comments:
because of people waiting in parking lots to steal the signal and break into your car
/rant on
If this is even possible, which I doubt that it is, thieves are not going to work that hard; not for your average minivan or sedan. And if you are stupid enough to leave, oh, say, a $1200 laptop laying on the front seat in full view, they'll just break your window and grab the laptop.
/rant off
Signed,
a veteran of the East side of Milwaukee, before it got all "gentrified."
PS My condolences on whatever the citrus-related symptoms were. :(
I think often a car alarm will not engage without using the key fob, will it?
I know with my car it must be locked with the key fob in order to engage the alarm which then requires you to use the key fob to unlock it or the alarm will sound....believe me, it will. ;-)
Heidi
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