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!!

But she sniffed the candle before wrapping it, and has never bought Hotel Chocolat before?

Embarrassed probably

She hadn’t bought HC chocolate before though?

The sniffing of the candle I suppose she could’ve sniffed it, put it down and did an errand then wrapped the wrong thing but she’s never even been to a HC shop before, supposedly.

And why wouldn't she just admit it or check in the first place (given that she did have chocolates ready to give as a gift) rather than insist otherwise?
All a bit strange

BFriend has found the candle at her house, seems most of you were right and she'd wrapped the wrong gift.

Ha! As I said.

But I do like the too-embarrassed-to-admit-a-regift option - bet that was it?

Will you get the candle to match your new decor after all?

A few too many wines while wrapping .......

Hey that's cool op - you get your lovely candle.

How did BF not remember buying chocolates?

"But she sniffed the candle before wrapping it, and has never bought Hotel Chocolat before?"

Exactly. How does that make sense OP?

Was at the doctors today with my little girl, doctor had a neom scented thingamy in her office.... made me think of this thread.... as had never heard of neom before!

Hmm makes no sense

Chinny reckon.

Does your friend have a drink problem? Can’t tell the difference between wrapping a candle and a box of chocolates, can’t remember ever going into Hotel Chocolat, wrapping was not up to her usual standard....you might want to keep an extra eye on her.

So where did she get the chocolates from then? I thought she didn't recognise them? And what about the shoddy wrapping?

Also is she going to give you the candle?

But you said earlier in the thread:-
She is 100% certain she has never bought nor had Hotel Chocolat chocolates in her house.

And that she was fantastic at wrapping, so what gives....hmm? 🤥

Really?!

Something doesn’t add up!

Did she aye?

In my John Lewis the Neom display is close to the chocolate display... an explanation would be that she bought both together somehow?
I know after a knackering day at work/with kids I sometimes do some weird stuff. So much you can do on autopilot then not remember it at all... guessing that's what happened here.

What a weird thread.

Are you getting the candle as well now?

Op, you need to come back and provide a bit more of an explanation than that.
Otherwise it doesn’t add up.

Namechange yay! It has otherwise disappeared from history I think!!