jerryc41 wrote:
I have a tendency to put things in places and forget where I put them. Usually, it's because a lot of time elapses between the putting and the looking. Yesterday, I found a Christmas present I had bought for him. With his birthday coming up, I can't find two things I bought for him a couple of months ago. As a last resort, I'll have to buy them again. If I find the originals soon enough, I can return them - unopened. I'll have to start writing down where I put things.
I have that problem too, but for mainly a different reason. I have a wife that requires the house to be like a showing model home all the time so if I leave any personal items around they get stuck in a drawer, put in the attic, thrown in the garbage (if she doesn't see any value in it), or simply bitched about until I remove it.... so, I have a tendancy to hide things from her so they don't get moved or thrown away (or bitched about) and I hide them so well that frequently I can't find them myself! I have found the old saying to be true many times though; If you can't find something, buy another one and then you will remember where you put the first one!