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To think she stole my Cath Kidston mug!

138 replies

TakeABreakAt12 · 13/09/2019 18:07

I have quite a few CK mugs. I've grown tired of them in the last few years due to poor quality and a preference for neutral 'White Company' looking things.

There was however Winnie The Pooh collections out again recently and I bought the highly desired by fans mug. It's really lovely, I got 2.

I had a new neighbour round last night for some dinner who I discovered also liked CK. She was shocked that I had not one but 2 of the mugs! We got on quite well. DC are a similar age.

I went downstairs this morning and into my kitchen. One mug is gone. I never, ever move them from their place.

It's vanished. Nobody else has been here apart from DH who doesn't touch that sort of thing and doesn't have any need to use a mug anyway. I have asked and he says it really wasn't him, he has no idea.

AIBU to think she stole my mug?

OP posts:
Wooosh · 13/09/2019 18:15

Would seem a very brazen thing to do if she did pinch it! I would maybe mention its disappearance in passing and see now she reacts...

TSSDNCOP · 13/09/2019 18:30

Yes. She is a thieving thief. Bastard. Get round there now and demand it back. Tell her you’ve got nanny cam. Don’t take any shit.

Hederex · 13/09/2019 18:34

That would be quite some brass neck.
Did you take it down to show her and put it back somewhere else?

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HollowTalk · 13/09/2019 18:36

Oh I hope it was her! The drama when you see it in her house will be immense.

cherrytreecottage · 13/09/2019 18:50

Why don't you text her and tactically ask if she saw what you did with the mug? That way, you're not outing her for stealing it because you could genuinely be asking if she can remember you doing something with it - i.e putting it down. But then if she has taken it, she'll be aware you've noticed it's gone.

cherrytreecottage · 13/09/2019 18:51

P.s I'd 100% think she'd taken it too Angry

Hederex · 13/09/2019 18:52

She might put it on eBay...

HollowTalk · 13/09/2019 18:53

I would get another friend to scour your house for you - other people can see what we miss.

But I'd also send a text asking where she put the mug!

Hederex · 13/09/2019 18:53

@cherry that's ingenious

Grambler · 13/09/2019 19:05

And yet she lives?

SuzieQ10 · 13/09/2019 19:09

Had you seen the mug at all since she left your house last night? Would there have been an opportunity for her to take it?

ellzebellze · 13/09/2019 19:10

When something in this house mysteriously disappears and DH says he has absolutely no idea where it is and hasn't seen it, I know that he's clumsily broken it and thrown it away in the hope that I don't notice.

Caught him out twice now. Once I found the handle of a mug in the bin, the second time I found a tiny sliver of broken glass on the kitchen floor three days after one of my best wine glasses went awol. He doesn't know I know.

Wilmalovescake · 13/09/2019 19:10

Invent a reason to go round.

64sNewName · 13/09/2019 19:15

I can understand you wondering but it just seems so unlikely, given that you live near each other and you’ll no doubt see her again.

She’d need to be a seriously obsessed, amoral, throw-caution-to-the-wind Kidston fan. Do they exist?

simplekindoflife · 13/09/2019 19:42
Shock

Check your local selling sites for it.

I'll be shocked if she is kept as that is really brazen and risky!

Can you invent the reason to go round? Ask for a cup of tea and scour her cupboards when she's not looking!

99problemsandjust1appt · 13/09/2019 19:44

Were dc there too? Any chance they heard her saying she liked it and made a mistake and took it for their mum ?

LuciferTheCat · 13/09/2019 19:49

Go round and check when she’s out. Find an open window and in you pop

BumbleBeee69 · 13/09/2019 20:00

Pop round.. for a coffee Hmm

Original poster
TakeABreakAt12 · 13/09/2019 20:03

Had you seen the mug at all since she left your house last night? Would there have been an opportunity for her to take it?

Not seen it since she left. Then again I didn't actively look for it/have that in my field of vision until today to notice it had gone.

Yes there would've been opportunity to take it. I said I was popping to the loo quickly and she asked if I had any 'nibbly bits' in. I said yes and to just help herself to whatever she fancied

I was only gone for 2/3 minutes though!

OP posts:
EmmiJay · 13/09/2019 20:04

Pop round for a coffee, find the mug and then kick her ass.😐 Its the only way.

64sNewName · 13/09/2019 20:09

she asked if I had any 'nibbly bits' in

Nobody should use the expression “nibbly bits”. Never let her darken your door again.

BiBiBirdie · 13/09/2019 20:12

Sorry but shameful placemark for when op goes on cup related reconnaissance and kicks CF neighbour/thief's arse Wink

Gazelda · 13/09/2019 20:14

You told her to help herself to whatever she wanted.

So she did.

You've only yourself to blame.

EAIOU · 13/09/2019 20:14

If she lives close by, I'd just "call in" to see how she was....

TokyoSushi · 13/09/2019 20:23

Oh no! I reckon she's stolen it too, who does that?!

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