Scarf Story...
"something with a Burberry check please". When we came home in December everywhere was swimming with the stuff, from umbrellas to coats, bags to pens so I thought I should do my bit for the fashion industry and sport something.
Christmas morning arrived and my dear wife handed me a squashy parcel. I quickly opened it to find a thick, fluffy
grey, black & red burberry check scarf. "Hope you like it
dear" Sadie said, "they were selling out left, right and center, I had to go everywhere for it"..
For the rest of the holiday, the scarf & I went everywhere
together but soon it was time for us to pack up and head back to Egypt. In the last minute rush of things I forgot to
put my scarf in the wardrobe, but not to worry ,I thought,
Its safe and sound with all the coats in the hallway, it wont come to any harm.
Soon enough it was March and we were on the plan flying
home again. "The weathers not too good in Nottingham
today, I think its snowing" Sadie said. I wasn't bothered,
I had 5 foot of scarf to wrap up in when we got to Sadie's
parent's.
The first thing I did when we arrived was to check the hallway, no sign. Enquiries as to where it had been put led to nowhere. "Dont Worry, Ann will have put it somewhere
safe, you can ask her when she gets in" - words of comfort
from Sadies dad, Martin.
A few hours later we were all together so I asked Ann where the scarf was. A few seconds of silence then " the
black and grey one?". "Yes" I said. "Oh" was the reply.
"The thing is there was a collection for charity and I thought it was Martins so I gave it away. I didnt think anyone would want it, it looked a scraggy old thing anyway". Sadie was not too pleased upon hearing this mumbling that it was 45 quid down the drain!!.
After that, Ann searched every cupboard and drawer but
no, it was gone and that was that, or so I thought.
The day before we left Martin asked me if it had re-appeared to which I shook my head, with this he pottered
off to another room. About half a hour later he returned
back complete with afformentioned article. "look what ive
found in the back of my wardrobe" he said.....
Now, to this day I'm still not convinced its the same one,
It smelt a bit new to me!!.
