Putting things in "a safe place" and then...

When my daughter was about 8 years old I had hidden some slippers with rabbit ears and face as part of her Christmas present somewhere in the home. I never ever found them. She grew out of them anyway but we moved house and they were never found

No I haven't done that, but I lose my glasses on a regular basis. I am on the hunt for them as we speak! Good job I have two pairs.

Not quite the same, but when I was working in cosmetology I would receive paper cash tips from the ladies I saw at Christmas. I put them all in a book, which DH then took to the local hospice shop when doing a book clear out (without telling me or asking).

Thankfully I realised the day after he did it and went lurching down to the hospice shop to try and retrieve the book. They’d found it, and had put the book with an envelope of the cash together to return.

Was ever so relieved and left them a nice donation for their honesty.

giulia I would love to see the curtains you made, please post a picture!

Well guilia,you are not the only one.
I put some new £5 notes in an envelope to save for a rainyday so to speak,went to get them and the envelope was nowhere to be seen.
Whilst looking for something else i came across the envelope,so again i out them in a safe place,haven`t found them to this day.

Just after we moved here we had a summerhouse constructed on a patio across from our house. It was lockable and came with 3 keys.
I put the keys in a safe place.
I have never found them. We had to force the doors open, and find a way to shut them again. We have done this for about 20 years.

I bet those keys turn up soon as the summerhouse was demolished last week due to the bashing it took from storm Arwen.

We were given two vouchers (birthday/Christmas presents from family) one for a really lovely lunch another for a night or meals at a very nice hotel. So this was just prior to the lockdown, which meant we couldn't use them. During that time we moved, they're in a really safe place SOMEWHERE! but have been in our new home over a year, still haven't found them, probably by the time we do, even though many places have deferred expiry dates, there no doubt has to be a limit and we will have passed it

I do this a lot. It’s a result of my brain injury and I have to try to put things away in their designated place. Doesn’t always work though, but at least I no longer have to stick post-it notes on all the drawers and cupboards.

DillytheGardener While we were clearing out my late uncle's house, we were emptying the bookcase, and from sheer habit I shook each book as I lifted it. One of them (a very slim and rather battered paperback on the care of orchids - one which even the charity shop would probably have binned - scattered £200 from between its pages. We took extra care with the rest, but that was the only cache.

When I left Switzerland a year ago, I took a wadge of the money from my Swiss account with me in cash. Put it in my purse and forgot about it once I got back to the UK.

You'd better bet I remembered it was there when I thought I'd lost my purse in the supermarket! Thankfully, I'd just left it at home.

It’s that ‘putting in a safe place’ that is the kiss of death!

A few months ago I withdrew around £200 from the bank, popped it in an envelope to pay for odd jobs about the be done, put it in a safe place and to date never found.

Worse still, I would quite like to sell my car but again I can find zilch.

midgey

It’s that ‘putting in a safe place’ that is the kiss of death!

before we set off for a long overseas trip, pre-covid, DH but his computer hard drive 'somewhere safe'. Never been seen since.

Blossoming

I do this a lot. It’s a result of my brain injury and I have to try to put things away in their designated place. Doesn’t always work though, but at least I no longer have to stick post-it notes on all the drawers and cupboards.

At least you have a really legitimate excuse!

Oh dear!! Some of these stories are quite tragic/ hilarious.

At least I am reassured in not being the only one to be so daft.
"Kiss of death" as Midgey said so well. But, what to do?

In the process of de-cluttering, I have come across many 'safe places' and discovered, for example, £25 in outdated form and a book of Christmas stamps from goodness-knows how long ago. And I discovered my Kenya driving licence from the 1960s. Years ago, I 'lost' my passport and made a hasty trip to Liverpool passport office - in those days they were incredibly obliging. What did I find in my 'safe place' as soon as I got home with my new passport? Need I say more?

When we went on holiday in the 60s I would hide the Child benefit books. That way when we came home we had some money for the following weeks. I couldn’t find them one time.6 months later I found them in an old jewellery box. 6 months money in one go. It was great.

I cannot remember all the things my mother put in a safe place and that turned up years after they had been needed.

My safe place was a glass fronted bookcase, but now that we have no longer got it, I decided not to have more than one safe place. The trouble is not remembering where it is, but remembering to put things in it!

Elegran what a bit of luck that you did check! I’m glad I’m not the only one hoarding money in books. DH said I was daft, but left anywhere else he would have pinched it for odds and ends ?

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So safe, we forgot it was there!
Yup, £££ that old! Bank, here we come.

I have on a few occasions stashed money and earrings. I have found money but sadly never found the earrings again.
My husband forgot where he put a special watch. Two years later he came across it by sheer chance in a box file where he kept old documents.

My MiL had several 'safe places' though they were open secrets in the family.
The back door key was kept on a nail on a piece of wood in a plant pot under the third apple tree on the left from the back door, and woe betide the person who forgot to put it back!

I have a pearl necklace that DH bought for me before we were married. It was quite 'dressy', and so only worn about three times. One of the strings broke, and I put it all into a gold and black striped bag. Can I find it! No! Still looking.

DH used to deliberately "hide" money inside books. Elegran His favourites were books which were not the sort people would choose to browse through such as a biography of Maggy Thatcher as she was a notable "housekeeper" and his cash would be safe with her.

I lost my wedding ring quite soon after we were married. It turned up in a pile of dust on our Wedding Anniversary when I was clearing out the garage prior to putting the house on the market - several years later. I had literally struck gold!

Now I cannot find the deeds of the house. I know they are somewhere but have been searching intermittently for over a year.