Lesson learned today:
I went to store today with Jessica. I wanted to find her a skirt or skort and a holiday shirt for this coming weekend (christmas party). Well, she was trying on stuff and I had a cart with my things and my purse. I turned around for one second to hand her another shirt to try on and...a lady grabbed my cart and started for the front of the store. I immediately ran after her and grabbed my purse yelling what did she think she was doing. She pretended to not speak english and left. It all happened so quickly. I was too stunned to stop her--not sure if I could have anyway.
Dumb-Dumb-Dumb! I should know better.
One more second and she would have been out the door with my purse.
I definitely need to be more careful!
Yvonne

By Jackie on Sunday, December 5, 2004 - 04:16 pm:

Wow Yvonne, Im glad it turned out good for you. I have learned, you can never be too careful.

By Ilovetom on Sunday, December 5, 2004 - 04:31 pm:

Good grief! The nerve of people. I do the same thing- so thanks for the reminder.

By Pamt on Sunday, December 5, 2004 - 06:08 pm:

Glad things turned out okay! I've tried to be extra cautious because I cashed my Christmas bonus to use for gifts and I'm not used to carrying that much cold hard cash around. It is scary!

By Ginny~moderator on Sunday, December 5, 2004 - 06:39 pm:

I am so glad it turned out well - you don't need me to tell you it could have been disastrous.

When I go Christmas shopping, I have either a belly pack (fanny pack but I wear it in front), or I have my wallet in one front pocket of my jeans and my keys in the other front pocket, or I have a very small shoulder strap purse that holds my credit cards, cash, a comb, lipstick, and date book - I cross the strap over my shoulder and keep it in front of me at all times.

I can't tell you how many times I have been in the supermarket and seen women with their purses in the child seat - I always make a point of stopping and speaking to them and telling them how nervous I get when I see that because I know it is an invitation to theft. I guess because I've lived in big cities most of my life I am more cautious than some, but malls are just like big cities and this is the worst time of the year for theft of all kinds.

By Paulas on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 01:07 am:

I was actually at Wal-mart about a week ago and my cart was beside me with my purse in it. I was looking at something on the shelf and one of the store staff came up to me and told me NOT to leave my purse in my cart b/c they had already had 3 purse thefts. Good reminder.

By Rayanne on Monday, December 6, 2004 - 11:11 am:

WOW!!! I'm glad that you got it back. I will have to watch my stuff more closely too.