I know it’s not the end of the world but ....

I m thrilled you’re all so caring towards me still but please skim through the thread Lucky it was found 24 hours ago

Yes if it’s a non contact card you just flash it but if like me you refuse to use them you do have to have a number fennel You can only flash up to £30 but I think you can flash in more than one shop for up to £30 or have I got that wrong ? Someone will know

I've been following the thread and was so pleased when you found it, Blue Belle.

This really would have been a thread where having the OP's posts coloured green (as, apparently, is usual on Mumsnet, and as we have asked for several times already) would have been a Very Useful Feature.

I did feel for you Bluebell, the shock of loosing something important does take its toll. I often cry from shock or frustration then!

Equally the relief of finding the purse must have been strong too!

This type of thing is happening to me quite often and I'm sure family think I'm loosing my marbles too.

Recently its been keys. Car keys in particular. We had to get the RAC to replace them after I lost them. I looked for 3 days to no avail and couldn't go without the car for much longer (few buses where we are).
My trouble is I carry lots of things at once in order to put them away (husband isn't of the putting-away-sort!!). So I end up putting or dropping things in unusual places!!
Totally his fault of course!

BlueBelle I rarely post these days but I read your story and could feel your panic and worry, and then to see you found it ??

Funny...I don’t know you and you don’t know me and we will never meet but it lifted my spirit when your purse turned up.

So glad you found it!!!

Once when I was a frazzled, tired young mom, I was shopping in a large discount store with my family and we were pushing two two carts. At some point, we didn't need both and I moved my toddler son to the other cart, leaving my billfold behind.

I was frantic because we were rushing and my stepson had to get to football practice. Luckily, a very nice person turned the billfold in. We left and I was much relieved but still in a hurry.

At the car, I put the groceries in the trunk, buckled my son in the car seat and dashed off, not realizing that I'd set that very same billfold on the roof of the car while I buckled him in. :/

That day and the next, I received TWO calls - one from someone who'd found my credit cards strewn in the gutter on the side of the road and another from someone else who'd found my wallet with the cash still in it!!!

What are the chances that THREE people would be so kind and honest? I still think of that day often when I need my faith in humanity renewed!

Yay!!

Wow gmarie that’s some story
I think I felt it a bit more edgy because less than 6 months ago I had my purse stolen I was at the charity shop and didn’t know until I went to my locker at lunch time and found no purse Thankfully it wasn’t staff as I realised what happened soon after
The manager was away and I had the code for the office door in my purse someone needed something from the office I got my purse to find the number must have laid the purse on my work counter just between the office and shop floor it is a private area but not closed off. I must have had my attention diverted and never thought any more about my purse till going home time In the meantime they had used my card for a KFC dinner and again at a convenience store 30 miles away The bank refunded both those but obviously I never saw the purse again
I bet lots of people have stories of losing purses and bags and wallets for men

Nearly 40 years ago, I had my purse stolen. One of my daughters had found a small lump in her throat. Emergency visit to GP and then had to go to local hospital to make appointment for her to have biopsy. Left kids in car and rushed into reception, just holding my purse in my hand. Put this down whilst I filled in a form, and - as I was still in a bit of state with worry - rushed back to kids and car without picking it back up. By the time I realised, and went back into reception the purse was gone. No cards those days, but it had fifty quid in it, which was my weeks shopping money. We were on benefits and this was all the money I had. My lovely parents gave me £50!!
Ever since then I have been almost paranoid about checking that I have my purse safe, checked as i leave the house, checked as I leave the car, checked as i go into a shop and checked as I leave that shop etc.etc.
At one time I used to keep all my cards in a separate container, but found that this meant that I had TWO things to check and worry about - so gave that up.
I keep my main credit card in my phone case and these days that is all I take with me to supermarket. Also keep a very small amount of paper cash in there, so I can use this in an emergency.
So please that Bluebelle found her purse, it really is a gut wrenching feeling when something like this goes missing. Happy ending - but do wish people would read through the whole thread before writing their (outdated) comments
PS:Just to say my daughter was fine, had lump removed in hospital but it was totally benign.