to think this is so strange - present gone missing!

[whereismycandle]

Have name changed but frequent poster.

It was my birthday on Sunday & last week (Tuesday) I saw my best friend very briefly and she gave me my present to open on the day. I opened it on Sunday and she had bought me a nice box of chocolates – lovely, I like chocolates. Anyway I text her to say a generic thank you she text back have a lovely day – all’s well and I good. But I’ve just spoken to her and she didn’t get me chocolates. She bought me a very ‘naice’ candle.

How weird is that. She has absolute no reason to lie – we’ve know each other forever and don’t have ‘expectations’ in the sense that sometimes we spend a lot, sometimes we don’t. I asked if it could have got mixed up with someone else’s present and no, she had no other birthdays going on. The strangest part is the gift bag and wrapping paper were exactly what she had wrapped the candle in – but it was chocolates.

What the hell has happened to the candle? We had a laugh about it but honestly, it’s so weird!!

Grumble same here. DH thinks the candles in IKEA are expensive!

"Five quid for that ?"

@TheClitterSpooky Fabric Squares? What did I miss!? PLEASE elaborate!

Think the op was hoping the daily mail would pick it up

@theclitterspooky the French doors! I think that the poster had to stop posting because it was going to go legal, or so she said. Always did wonder how that turned out. It was a listed building and everything wasn’t it? (If genuine)

It’s just simply because anything can happen on Halloween, as this makes clear:

Victorian safe - there are loads of MN mystery threads.

@Powerless it was ages ago. Wedding invite arrives with 2 fabric swatches enclosed. No instructions. Lots of speculation as to what they might be were for.

@Jessie those bloody doors still bother me :)

Casanova wow! Why have I never seen that before? Tim Curry all spooked and glammed up is my idea of phwoar!
This is not quite as good as his Frank n Furter, but still pretty good!

Freaks if I have brought the wonder of Tim Curry in The Worst Witch to just one new person, it’s been a success. The man is a consummate professional - he’s been given some poor props here and still goes for it 100% plus - it’s just generally amazing!!

It's definitely a ghost.
We've had spunking ghosts so why not 'candle stealing, chocolate wrapping' ghosts? 

grumble I guess it depends where your DH is used to shopping. Mine frequents John Lewis and is aware of and appreciates very expensive candles. In fact I'm a little concerned about this. 😂

bull mine is not a shopper, and for 45 quid would expect all the candles in the world.

So the founder of Neom used to be the editor of Glamour magazine? Wonder if this has any bearing on this clever piece of advertising

I wonder where OP is.

I have now had sponsored ads for neom and hotel chocolate pop up!

I was in JL today and went round sniffing all the Neom candles so maybe this thread has achieved its purpose!

The sales lady came to ask me which I liked and then explained the “science” about how “your brain knows what you need so draws you to the right smell”...to which I responded by telling her that as I was looking for a gift for someone else that actually renders it entirely pointless to buy as a gift if it might smell different to the recipient.

Weird concept when candles are very much a “gift” product.

Anyway I digress...as you were.

Ah fuck. Have we been suckered in??

widowtwonky I fear we have. OP has buggered off. Or she's fallen into the abyss with the bloody candle? And grumble yes me too - I mean a candle's just a candle right? - it provides gentle light and either smells good or it doesn't? Lol

So the founder of Neom used to be the editor of Glamour magazine? Wonder if this has any bearing on this clever piece of advertising

We should ask MNHQ to source the OP's IP address as the Neom lady lives in East Yorkshire.

Casanova I watched that at least once a week as a child but no one else has ever admitted to remembering it! So you are my new favourite person!

Adding my name to the list of people getting targeted ads for both Neom and Hotel Chocolat after merely ^^reading (didn't post on) this thread.

My vote is that this is a clickbait stunt for the two brands mentioned!

Really? I didn't click on the links, I've seen both items in John Lewis so no need. That's really bloody shady.

Pah! My trollhuntery comment was deleted, yet this thread has turned into a huge troll hunting quest now quite rightly .
Not fair

Hi - OP here.
Hahaha...definitely not an employee of either HC or the candle company (i wish!) but it seems we do have a bit of an anti climax. BFriend has found the candle at her house, seems most of you were right and she'd wrapped the wrong gift. Hugely apologetic and feels a bit of a fool but I'm glad to find out it wasn't the dog.