To wonder what my neighbour was doing?

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I was working from home today. About 10 a.m. I was on the phone upstairs and I saw my NDN peering through our downstairs window. She was there for a few minutes then she moved round to a bit of the house I can't see from upstairs. I finished my phone call and came down to look for her, but she'd gone. I went round to her house and said 'I saw you just came over, sorry I missed you, is everything OK?' She flatly denied that she'd been round to ours, and it was a bit awkward, so I said that I must have been mistaken, but I know it was definitely her. I figured maybe she had heard noise in our house, and was just checking for burglars, but was embarrassed in case I thought she was snooping. I mentioned it to my husband when he got home from work tonight, and he said that last week he came home at lunchtime and saw the same neighbour 'hot-footing it' over the low wall that divides our houses and rushing into her house. He thought it was a bit odd, but not worth mentioning. I'm sure it's nothing sinister, but I am just a bit baffled. We are reasonably friendly, we moved in two years ago and she's been round to ours for coffee quite a few times, so I can't see that our house would hold any great mystery to her. AIBU to think this is a bit odd?

Me .

I second the hiding under the windowsill and jumping up

Seriously though, this is all a bit odd. Hope you get to the bottom of it soon. In the meantime...

This is thrilling.

Second the idea of scaring the shit out of her next time she does it.

I reckon she saw / heard something she considered weird and took it upon herself to investigate. freak

YY! Maybe she's got her own thread elsewhere on mnet and everyone told her to go and investigate! You guys could be woo/dodgy/celebrity NDNs.

What if she's the lady with the light clicking thread a few days back?

How fascinating! I am definitely in the camp if leaving out kinky stuff here and there for a laugh to give her something to look at!

I wonder if she's just nosy!

I very embarrassingly have had to jump my neighbours fence to get a sick pigeon from their garden but I would have been mortified if they had seen! I hate it when my cat is in their front garden refusing to come and I have to walk slightly up their path, in case they think I'm snooping !

Please set up CCTV and tell us the results !

Do you think she was checking your curtains were open?

Some peoples neighbours are just so weird. Makes me almost thankful that ours just screams at her kids every morning

Love the note idea. Write "Smile - you're on candid camera!" on them and have a camera/video camera set up by it to give the illusion she's been caught.

Definitely agree with trying to catch her out. Although I think you are being selfish waiting until next week and should have stayed home today.

Do you have anything dodgy looking downstairs OP? Like a rolled up carpet, plastic sheeting and a gallon of bleach?
If that is the case I can totally understand the running away/ denials

I agree about confronting her again saying she's been seen by others and you want to know what's she's up to - you don't need to elaborate who or when.

I cant believe she's done it a second time after being caught out a first time by OPs DH!

What is she looking for??

Please please do the stake out. DO you have a car? Will you have to take it and park it out of sight to make it look like you've gone out?

Was she aware that the husband had seen her?

What's to say this is the second time?

Check your bins. Bizarre as it sounds. The woman who previously lived next door to me was insistant that one of my bins actually belonged to her After questioning me on numerous occasions, she finally took matters into her own hands and helped herself.

Strange woman, sadly missed not

My old neighbour done this a couple times. I'd be sat on the sofa reading a magazine or something and feel someone watching so I'd look up and he'd wave in. He sometimes brought oranges round from his orange tree but his wife would tell him off for leaving the house. Turned out he had dementia and was dying .

This is gonna sound completely ott but it made me laugh to myself. Get cardboard cutouts of you and your dh with your thumbs up and big cheesy grins and place them in front of the window. She'll think your batshit crazy and piss off

I'd be amazed if she'd only done this twice - she's a serial snooper.

THIS camera link could prove to be the best money you've ever spent

Failing that get the sign shown

My brother came round to use our bins. My husband saw him do it.
Brother claims he didn't, *Even though we found the rubbish.
My step mother backed his story up, apparently he was in another village.
Some strange folk about...

I love that sign. Pity about the spelling.

CCTV, CCTV, CCTV, CCTV

Pleeeeease.

Sorry but I think there's a perfectly innocent explanation.
Something like leaky gutters & she wanted to check your were draining properly before she took action.
Or she's thinking of new windows & wanted to see what your were like.
Or she likes the hedge by your door & wanted to see what it was.

You have only been there two years? Did you change the locks when you moved in? Could she have a key from previous owner?

If it was a one off it could be innocent but the fact DH has seen her too makes me think there is something afoot

Oh for gods sake please have a stake out. You KNOW this is mumsnet classics material!

Sad really but this is probably going to be the most exciting part of my weekend!!!!