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What a ditz - perturbed with myself

pil

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So yesterday we returned from a long weekend in South Beach. As I buckled my seat on the plane for the flight home I realized I didn't have my AE denim jacket. The flight attendant let me run back out to the gate but it wasn't there. Taking my seat again on the plane I remembered EXACTLY where it was - on the ledge in the restroom stall. No time for another dash off the plane. Phone calls and email to the Miami airport lost and found - they don't have it. Someone has a basically new denim jacket - they had better enjoy it. Grrr.

We saw Dennis Rodman walking down Ocean Avenue. Even that *thrill* doesn't make up for the lost jacket : )

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Sveta

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Oh, I am sorry, pil! Bummer when it happens!
I left my leather gloves on a train in Portugal
At least now you have a good excuse to go shopping!

K. Period.

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That is a bummer! At least AE always has great denim jackets and the prices are reasonable. It isn't easy to lose a favorite, but maybe it isn't quite as awful when it can be replaced. The hurt is only financial, not loss. (Still a total bummer, though!!!)

Jaime

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How frustrating to be able to imagine exactly where you left it! Hope you find a great replacement.

Mia

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I did almost the same thing with a beloved J Crew white jean jacket. I lucked out and got the replacement at the outlet mall or about $12. Pretty low of someone to take. Hopefully they really were in need.

nancylee

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Arghh. So sorry this happened. Happy replacement shopping!

Anonymous

How frustrating. I hope that you can find a replacement that's even better than the lost jacket.

unfrumped

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So close! And so sad it would not be turned in..

Suz

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Oh, no!! That is so frustrating. I am sorry, Pil. Call again tomorrow just in case. Crossing fingers for you!

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Oh, how sad! Don't kick yourself too hard. Traveling is a disruption of routine, and it's easy to misplace things, no matter how hard you try to keep everything together! At least it wasn't something more dire. Here's hoping the fairy godmother of jean jackets will bring another one into your life that is just as good or better. You never know!

Deborah

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I am so sorry. Such an awful feeling, particularly when you know exactly where you left it. I am an optimist so I am hoping that it still may be handed in to lost property.

Mochi

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All I can say is: I've been there. And sometimes it wasn't an hour later, but apparently weeks or even months later when I realized....where is that (leather blazer, etc etc yada). Ugh. Get something nice to replace it!

Ingunn

(website)

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I'm sorry to hear that. It's happen to most of us, I think, but there's not much comfort in that. God luck finding a replacement!

pil

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Thanks for commiserating everyone. In the big picture it IS only a jean jacket after all. I'm just aggravated with myself. C'est la vie!

rachylou

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I have told my Barney's New York hat storey, no? I got this lavender ear-flap hat in NYC one Thanksgiving - so not cheap - that I lost somewhere between the plane and my front door coming home. I think I had that hat all of three days, and I loved it. LOVED IT. It was my SOULMATE.

Aaaaaaargh!

That was like 20 years ago.

kellygirl

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That's so disappointing! I hope that you can find a suitable replacement. At least AE jackets are usually pretty easy to get your hands on--they seem to sell the same jackets every year with only minor variations. Nevertheless, I know I would be sad if I lost mine!

Scarlet

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Oh don't be hard on yourself. I lost two favorite jackets in one go because they were hanging behind a door when I was packing and I didn't see them and forgot about it. It took awhile to get over it but now I have even more perfect jackets.

Thistle

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Don't be too hard on yourself. We have ALL been there. I lost a butter colored leather jacket in college in the computer lab. *sigh*

Hope you find a replacement soon!

cciele

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Oh gosh, I totally sympathize with you. It's an awful feeling, especially if you know where you left it and are unable to physically go get it! Big hugs, and hope you can get a replacement.

CocoLion

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Sorry to hear about this!

Get yourself another one ASAP so you won't feel so bad or beat yourself up about it. That is my parking ticket strategy. If I get one, I pay it right away so it doesn't linger in the guilt center of my brain.

Glory

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I agree with Cocolion. Purchase another asap - maybe you can find the same one at AE!

Anonymous

I am sorry. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I left my $200 electric toothbrush in a hotel room yesterday. not in lost and found;( I am not even sure why someone would take a toothbrush. (well, I guess you could change the heads)

kkards

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Left my iPad on a plane last year, by the time I realized it was gone, it had been re- named by someone named Duncan.
I was really upset, but, life as they say, goes on, and its not worth beating yourself up over it.

MNsara

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Gaah!! Almost worse to know where it is and not have been able to retrieve it than to never know

We've all been there, haven't we? One phrase that I find myself saying almost daily is 'I'm glad my head is attached"!

Anonymous

Oh what a sick feeling. I'm so sorry that happened. I hope you find an even better one that is iconic for your style!

Eliza

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Sorry you lost your jacket. So aggravating. If it makes you feel any better, my daughter left her ipad on a flight departing Miami a year ago. It was gone with in less than 5 minutes of her return to the plane. The man behind her was the only when to exit the plane after her, and she perceived him to be hurrying her off the plane. Never to be seen again..

pil

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At least I remembered my head and ipad! Sorry to hear about those of you who lost more significant items like lavender soulmate hats, leather jackets, gloves, electric tooth brushes and ipads.