so yesterday was the night of the “carsonified beers” or “carsonified rose” in my case. To mark the occasion, i decided to make a special effort and bring a change of outfit with me to head out in. now that might not seem a big deal, but trust me, when you’re used to going out in work clothes, it really is.
i came prepared with a laptop bag stuffed with all kinds of goodies – hair straightners, moisturiser, a new top, and, well, things. as usual i was running late and stuffed a packet of wheetabix in my bag to consume at the office. i arrived at the office, a little flustered and hungry and decided to unpack my wheetabix, yum… as i looked down, i could see that my bag had been so tightly stuffed with “things” that it had burst open and my wheetabix were missing! trauma! i decided to investigate, to find to my horror that it wasn’t just the wheetabix that were missing, it was in actual fact half of my belongings. this was a real issue.
without further a do, i decided to re-trace my steps (they don’t call me inspectoress mel for nothing) to relocate my precious belongings. i stepped out onto the street and could see a few meters up the street was my hairbrush… having walked right to the top of the street, recovered my hairbrush, my serum, moisturiser and touche eclait (sleep in a tube i tell you, sleep in a tube!) i looked up to find to my horror that my underwear was scattered amongst the fallen autumn leaves.
now this isn’t a quiet street i’m talking about here – it’s one of the main roads into bath and has a significant number of cars on the road at all times. so i was faced with the dilemma – to leave it there and deny all knowledge (but let other people see my smalls) or to reclaim it and let the world know that the smalls belonged to me!?! a 20 minute wait allowed the traffic to clear and for me to grab and run… i’m still not over the trauma now and i certainly won’t ever be wearing those smalls again, that’s for sure.
note to self – use laptop bag to carry laptop only, don’t try to squeeze in “essentials” as well! please be warned…
p.s. this could have been the outcome of people coming across my not so small smalls 
