Background - I’m going out of order because this one totally blew me away!! I’m still saying “you’ve got to be kidding me! (YGTBKM). Also, to say it’s a Christmas miracle is a bit of an over-statement, but I needed to get your attention (shameless, I know). Let’s just say it was a small gift from God, the universe and the “powers that be”!!
Two weeks ago, I bought my oldest sister a beautiful sparkly cream scarf from Macy’s for Christmas, and added to the purchase the same scarf in red and black for myself! It didn’t take 24 hours for me to start feeling guilty about the “one gift for others, two gifts for me” pattern I had developed and I promptly returned the black scarf to Macy’s. I was fighting with myself the entire way because I wanted that scarf so badly, but in the end my overburdened conscience won out and the scarf went back.
S.C.O.U.T. - Christmas day my younger sister began passing her gifts around and my oldest sister opened hers first. What she found in the package was the very same sparkly red scarf I had bought for myself and the identical style to the sparkly cream one I just gave her! How uncanny for us to have bought the exact same scarves. I mean really, think about all the scarves out there and the odds of us picking the exact same ones! Tingle, tingle. I started getting that funny feeling that this was turning into a S.C.O.U.T.
My other sister opened her gift to find that she had received the same sparkly red scarf (these are really cute scarves). I then realized that my little sister had gotten us all the same thing and that the gift I was holding most likely contained this same red scarf. I would now have two of the same red scarf (punishment no doubt for settling on the "one gift for others, one gift for myself" pattern).
I began telling my little sister the story as I tore open the paper. I popped open the box and there was the black scarf that I had returned two weeks ago and wanted so badly. I was stunned! I stammered as the strangeness of this timing settled in on me and asked her why she had gotten me the black instead of the red and she told me, and I quote,
“I don’t know why I got you the black one instead of the red one. I was going to get you the red and at the last second I just had the thought that you might like the black one better. It was kinda weird!”
Wow! I want to thank God, the universe and the “powers that be” for both the scarf (!) and this terrific Strange Case of Uncanny Timing to post on my blog! My goofy dog Scout is still recovering from one too many celebration cookies, but told me to tell you Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
Two weeks ago, I bought my oldest sister a beautiful sparkly cream scarf from Macy’s for Christmas, and added to the purchase the same scarf in red and black for myself! It didn’t take 24 hours for me to start feeling guilty about the “one gift for others, two gifts for me” pattern I had developed and I promptly returned the black scarf to Macy’s. I was fighting with myself the entire way because I wanted that scarf so badly, but in the end my overburdened conscience won out and the scarf went back.
S.C.O.U.T. - Christmas day my younger sister began passing her gifts around and my oldest sister opened hers first. What she found in the package was the very same sparkly red scarf I had bought for myself and the identical style to the sparkly cream one I just gave her! How uncanny for us to have bought the exact same scarves. I mean really, think about all the scarves out there and the odds of us picking the exact same ones! Tingle, tingle. I started getting that funny feeling that this was turning into a S.C.O.U.T.
My other sister opened her gift to find that she had received the same sparkly red scarf (these are really cute scarves). I then realized that my little sister had gotten us all the same thing and that the gift I was holding most likely contained this same red scarf. I would now have two of the same red scarf (punishment no doubt for settling on the "one gift for others, one gift for myself" pattern).
I began telling my little sister the story as I tore open the paper. I popped open the box and there was the black scarf that I had returned two weeks ago and wanted so badly. I was stunned! I stammered as the strangeness of this timing settled in on me and asked her why she had gotten me the black instead of the red and she told me, and I quote,
“I don’t know why I got you the black one instead of the red one. I was going to get you the red and at the last second I just had the thought that you might like the black one better. It was kinda weird!”
Wow! I want to thank God, the universe and the “powers that be” for both the scarf (!) and this terrific Strange Case of Uncanny Timing to post on my blog! My goofy dog Scout is still recovering from one too many celebration cookies, but told me to tell you Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
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