I guess I must have truly believed Mother & Daddy when they threatened death, for unless they failed to tell me what I had done, I did not steal anything until I was an adult! It sounds much worse than it was, folks. A close family friend owned a store in our small Missouri hometown. After picking out a greeting card, I began visiting with another friend. Somehow, I forgot what I was doing and put the card into my purse. After the visit, I told everyone goodbye and started down the street to the drug store. And, I nealy made it there (1 block) when I suddenly realized what I had done! I ran back to Lois Jean's store and confessed what I had done. Of course, she just laughed. I apologized profusely, paid for the card, and left the store feeling very, very bad. Lois Jean is now in her 80's. She did not even remember the incident when I mentioned it to her about 10-15 years ago. But now, we periodically laugh at my dumb mistake. Leslie K.

Leslie said, > A close family friend owned a store in our small Missouri hometown. After > picking out a greeting card, I began visiting with another friend. > Somehow, I forgot what I was doing and put the card into my purse. After > the visit, I told everyone goodbye and started down the street to the drug > store. And, I nealy made it there (1 block) when I suddenly realized what > I had done! I ran back to Lois Jean's store and confessed what I had done. > Of course, she just laughed. I apologized profusely, paid for the card, > and left the store feeling very, very bad. Lois Jean is now in her 80's. > She did not even remember the incident when I mentioned it to her about > 10-15 years ago. But now, we periodically laugh at my dumb mistake. Dear Leslie, the infamous greeting card thief! :-) Oh how I know that feeling! It wasn't all that long ago when I was shopping in the local grocery store and after I had checked out and went back to my car to unload my groceries, I noticed a cucumber that had been hidden underneath my purse in the grocery cart. Oh my goodness, I hadn't even paid for it! I turned right around, stood in line at the check out stand and explained to the clerk that I had overlooked the cucumber. She looked at me rather strangely as if no one had ever come back into the store insisting they hadn't paid for a cucumber! vee, the infamous cucumber thief!