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I've just gone to work in odd shoes - tell me I'm not alone in baby brain madness....

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CinnabarRed · 13/05/2011 08:58

They're not close to looking similar. One is brown with a 1.5 inch kitten heel, the other is pink and flat.

They even sound different - the brown one goes 'click' and the pink one goes 'clump'.

How could I walk to my car, drive to the station, board a train and still not notice until a nosey helpful stranger pointed it out?

Tell me I'm not alone....

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CinnabarRed · 13/05/2011 08:59

Oh, and I'm 22 weeks pregnant with DC3. So still another 4 months of madness to go.... Blush

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 13/05/2011 09:00

During my last pregnancy, when I was about 7 months, I wrore a lovely new chocolate brown wrap dress. Accessorised it with a nice hair clip and heels, painted my nails, made sure my tights were new, generally felt really smart.

Walking down the street at lunchtime to get a sandwich, I realised the dress was on inside-out. So I'd been at work, at my law firm, for 5 hours with an inside-out dress on.

Sarsaparilllla · 13/05/2011 09:01

I left the house once and went shopping in odd shoes and I wasn't even pregnant Grin at least you have a good excuse!

Bumperlicioso · 13/05/2011 09:04

Lol op Grin

Shuang · 13/05/2011 09:31

It's very fashionable anyway! :-D

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CinnabarRed · 13/05/2011 09:41

When pregnant with DS2 I went to a midwife appointment in my slippers. A shoe-related theme is emerging..,,

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Mizza76 · 13/05/2011 09:48

When i was pregnant with my first, I was doing so many stupid things I actually took an (internet) IQ test, which showed that my IQ had dropped by 40 points. And believe me, i can't afford to lose 40 points!

Newmom2b · 13/05/2011 09:50

lol - brilliant! You're not alone... At work I keep putting my laptop in the fridge and my lunch in the laptop cupboard... in my defence they are right next to each other! I have also been known to put my make up remover pads in the laundry bin instead of the toilet! lol...

silverangel · 13/05/2011 09:52

:)

I found garlic in the freezer the other day and butter in the cupboard.

Today I have a meeting with the CEO and have come to work in converse. None of my work shoes that are actually at work fit my cankles. Oops.

MonkeeMummy · 13/05/2011 09:53

CinnibarRed LOL. You are not alone. At least they were both proper shoes.

Ungratefulchild · 13/05/2011 09:55

I went to work in odd shoes (both flat) and didn't notice until I got home. Nobody said anything and I wasn't even pregnant!

ToriaPumpkin · 13/05/2011 10:05

I got in the car the other day, adjusted the mirror and seat, put my seatbelt on, put the car into first and took the handbrake off only to start rolling down the driveway backwards. I'd forgotten to start the engine Blush My friend made me feel better though, she's a driving instructor so I text her to make her laugh and she told me that when her mum was pregnant with her she completely forgot how to drive so had to take the bus home and make her husband go pick up the car!

Beesok · 13/05/2011 10:17

this thread is hilarious :) better check my shoes now before I leave the house!!!!!!

magicmelons · 13/05/2011 10:24

My colleague did her first day back to work after her day dc3 to discover she was wearing odd shoes, she had been so pleased with herself up to that point for getting out of the house successfully.

I went to work and one of my colleagues pointed out that my trousers were on inside out Blush

CBear6 · 13/05/2011 10:27

You're really not alone, I'm only 22 weeks too so have months of being a dotty-dip left and the baby brain is just as bad as last time.

When I was about 7/8 months along with DS I toddled off to do the shopping. I got some stuff at Sainsbury's and some at Home Bargains and Poundland had some cereals in so I got those there, then I went to Asda for the bulk of it. When I got home I just had Asda bags, to this day I have no idea where I left the rest of the shopping.

Took DS to the library yesterday and decided to get him his own card. They asked how old is he? "um ..... Errrr ..... He's ..... Hmmm .... Two! He's two!" DH: "no he's not .... " (he's 20mo)

I was wrapping a birthday gift for middle brother's girlfriend the other day and when I got my bag of wrapping papers (sad, I know) out of the cupboard it felt really heavy for just sheets of paper. Peeped inside and found the birthday present I bought for first brother's fiancée for her birthday. Which was in March. She had a baby on her birthday and in the excitement I just plain forgot to give her it, I did remember to give them a baby gift though so no idea why I forgot to give them the birthday one too.

I've gone to bed several times with my key in the outside of the front door lock (and the door itself unlocked). That we haven't been killed in our beds is a testament to this being a lovely estate - I'm going to send that to the residents association for them to print in their newsletter "lovely place to live, haven't been burgled and/or murdered despite my best efforts to make it easy for them).

I emptied the washer, hung the clothes out, brought them in at tea time, and incessantly complained to DH about how they just didn't seem clean and that the washing machine is crap, etc. DH took a closer look and then looked at the washer itself, complete with the drawer still full of dry soap powder and unused fabric softner - "I find the Flores get a lot cleaner if you actually switch the washer on".

CBear6 · 13/05/2011 10:30

clothes not Flores

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CinnabarRed · 13/05/2011 10:31

My first day back to work after having DS1, I was dolled up the nines - haircut, make-up, new suit, new shoes, the works. Felt great, until someone pointed out I had Weetabix in my hair.

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lolajane2009 · 13/05/2011 10:57

lol i went to midwife appointment yesterday and completely forgot to do my hair... sill had it plaited from night before from sleep and lookinglike something from the jungle..

PoppysMom · 13/05/2011 10:57

CinnabarRed I just managed to spit water all over my laptop because I had to laugh so hard :)

sevendwarves · 13/05/2011 11:22

This thread is hilarious. I'm only 9 weeks and the worst thing I've done so far is found the cheese in the salad drawer. I'm dreading it getting much worse.

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BamBam21 · 13/05/2011 12:12

Oh I agree that "baby brain" doesn't go away! I returned to work when DS was about 8mths old. There was a man worked there who had the same name as DS, and I absent-mindedly called him by one of DS's pet names in a sing-song voice!Blush

I called him "Rossles"!!Blush

Browncoats · 13/05/2011 12:49

God I've done loads of these too. My DP asked me to put the shed key in the drawer it usually stays in, I chucked it in the bin. I've thrown out a really good knife. I remember something I've got to do, walk from the kitchen to the living room and then stand in the living room for about 5 minutes with a look on my face as I've totally forgotten what it was.

I've bumped my car into the neighbours car Blush. Walked into a cupboard in work, forgetting it was quite small and then been stuck in there as stuff was piled up all around me and I couldn't turn (was about 8.5m pregnant so HUGE) or back up Grin.

ssmile · 13/05/2011 13:04

This thread is making me laugh at work heehee. Glad to know I am not alone.

I was filling up the car the other day with DD in the back looking down and yep I had my slippers on. I proceeded to walk around tesco express doing my shopping in my slippers (I am 23wks preg with No2). My DD actually stopped me two days later from repeating the same thing. Hands on her hips she looked at me "mummy please put some shoes on this time!"

ssmile · 13/05/2011 13:05

The following night I was eating an easter egg in bed then the next morning woke up wondered where all the brown smudges had come from all over the sheets Blush was rather relived to find a lump of chocolate congelled onto my nightie as my DH was laughing at the thought of it NOT being chocolate.