Last weekend I had a bad Sunday. D and I made our regular trip to Costco but I decided since we would be doing shopping and then coming right home, I wouldn't take my bad. Instead, I grabbed my wallet and sunglasses.

Things are going well, we do our shopping and pay when I realize that I'm missing something. At some point during our shopping, I put my sunglasses down somewhere. Typically, this wouldn't be a huge deal but I happen to own a very expensive pair of Dior glasses. And I'd just lost them. I was angry at myself for being so careless and after the initial grief and shock, I went back into the store and tried to retrace my steps but couldn't find them and with thousands of customers about, I figured they were gone for good.

This weekend was a bit of a write off so D and I went to do our shopping on Monday night. While waiting in line to pay, I thought I thought I'd go check out customer service to see if, by any chance the glasses had been turned in. I didn't think there was a hope in hell someone had turned them in after all, they are $400 sunglasses. I tell the lady what they look like and she goes off a little further down the counter and pulls out a basket and a glass jar full of stuff. I tell her the glasses are just loose, not in a case. She brings out a third jar packed with glasses. She pulls out the first set, a pair of gaudy things with huge rhinestones on the side that make me wonder if someone lost them on purpose. She looks at me expectantly but I shake my head. She pulls out a few more pairs and right at the bottom she pulls out a pair of black sunglasses with shell side accents. OMG. My sunglasses.

I could have cried. Instead, I jumped up and down with joy, thanked the woman profusely and walked away with my sunglasses.

D was beside himself. He was happy for me but angry too. He lost his glasses in a church in the small town of Vulcan, Alberta. I lose mine at one of the busiest stores in Vancouver and still manage to get them back.

Yes, I realize I'm very lucky. Thank you to the generous soul who found them and turned them in. I can't thank you enough.

I've been trying to be a little more 'responsible' about my spending so over the last few months, I've really been cutting back on impulse buying. Sometimes, this doesn't work to your advantage. Let me share with you this little example. Last month D and I were at Costco when I spotted a pair of super sweet wireless headphones at the smokin' price of $89. I decided not to buy them that day and, instead, I made a pact with myself. If at the end of April I still wanted them, I'd come and buy them. So I waited.

In the meantime, I spotted the same exact headphones over at Future Shop for $150 bucks. I started to get really excited about getting them and for 4 weeks I put a little money aside for these things.

Yesterday we go to Costco, me with every intention to buy the wicked cool wireless headphones ('cause I can use them to watch movies in the bedroom when you're sleeping honey!) and disaster. I can't find them! They must have moved them! We wonder around for 10 minutes before I find someone who works there. I ask. They don't have any more. Greyskull be damned. I was pissed. I still am pissed.

So instead, I bought useless stuff. Cool but useless stuff. Namely this:


And yes Colleen, I'll be lending it to you if you'd like.