OMG I am on a trip away and have not brought my...

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Eyebrow tweezers!

The horror! Pretty much next on my list after passport, meds and contact lenses.

They were in the bag but I must have taken them out last minute and put back in the drawer, absent mindedly. Noooooo

Also I only realised last night, too late to go out again to buy any, and all the shops seem to be shut today.

I mean there's nothing anyone can do to help but I just wanted some sympathy 😂the worst is I have at least three pairs so no excuse at all.

What's the worst thing you've left behind?

To those doubting my need to tweeze brows, in my defence they were last done on Friday and yes, there are some that are really bugging me..

Never worn odd shoes tho

I have never, not once, plucked my eyebrows. I don't get all the attention people pay to them really.

I drove down for MiLs funeral, realised on the way I'd forgotten to pack any shoes to go with my dress. Fortunately there was a Sainsbury's open late which had a pair of basic ballet pumps which had to suffice.

It's pretty bad when I forget prescription eczema creams, there's always a random patch popping up and nothing from pharmacies will help, see also migraine tablets 🫠

Love this!

Worse thing I ever forgot was birth control pill to stop my period and I hadn't packed any Sanitary products either 7 days in Morocco trekking in the Atlas mountains with no shops in sight. I was beyond lucky and started my period pretty much as we touched down back in the UK.

I also once forgot my hairbrush on a work trip.

Forgetting tweezers wouldn't bother me, I never use them and just carefully use a razor.

@Riverswims
migraine tablets plus specific decent pain relief is top of my list
I’d rather go without clean pants or food than be laid low with a migraine.

How older? I'm 49 and do my eyebrows about once a fortnight.

Not forgetting as such, but one of my mum's colleagues was going on her first ever work trip, several months. She was advised to put half her shoes in o e suitcase and half in the other, in case any luggage went astray.

It did, and thus it was she had only left shoes to wear, and no right ones in every pair...

Let’s see….forgot my birth control pill on my honeymoon (less than ideal obvs, but the hotel Dr came and prescribed it for me) once forgot my entire make up bag (not that terrible, was able to get adequate replacements locally) but once I forgot the bag containing ALL MY UNDERWEAR. Was literally in the arse end of nowhere in India with only the knickers and bra that I’d traveled in….for 3 weeks 🤦‍♀️

I ended up in New York in the snow in my slippers😆

Managed to leave the christening gown hanging in the spare room when DD2 got christened not in our local church. She styled it out in her onesie...

I helpfully checked DS’s bag packing skills and managed to unpack and leave all his pants behind.

My own bag went missing for a few days in Portugal, and I discovered that all the local shops only stocked size 8 lacy thongs or size 22 knickers. If I have a hold bag I now always pack knickers, socks, T shirt and swimsuit in my hand luggage.

I have a packing list that pretty much covers all eventualities - although passport, tickets, money (and phone) gets you through most of the time.

I have tweezers in my wash bag permanently precisely for this eventuality. Also dental floss, paracetamol, toothbrush and toothpaste, I have forgotten underwear in the past!

Make up bag. I did this once and was HORRIFIED.

(sad) hard relate 👊🏽

I do this too. My DH decided that taking a Swiss army knife was a great idea and brought one in his hand luggage - I called him out as a rookie mistake as it was then confiscated.

Well you’re lucky. I have black thick eyebrows that grow really fast. If I don’t tame them I have a serious monobrow and look like Father Jack. If you don’t understand why I’d pluck them then you aren’t that bright.

Night at a country house hotel, getting ready for dinner and realised my make up bag was still in a draw at home. Went down minus make up as DH knows what I look like and not especially bothered about strangers..

I suspect it’s not actually the eyebrows that are the issue. It’s just that nobody wants to call them ‘chin hair tweezers’.

Looking on the bright side, we wouldn't have to wander around looking for a non-zombie after the apocalypse to find out how long it had been, as we'd be able to tell by our beards...

Ha ha, yes - that was my thoughts. Wait till perimenopause hits, you youngsters! Think i have a better tash than DH these days…

Ah!! Mine of those grow slowly too thankfully, but I get the urgency now!

you’ll have to die

ive never done my own eyebrows.

I thought you were going to say straighteners. As another blondie I don't really relate to the fear of turning into Denis Healey, but my hair left untamed in any kind of humidity/wind/rain/snow/mist/hail takes me easily into half woman, half yeti territory. A very grumpy looking yeti at that.