Neighbor stole my cookies

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

Early last evening, a neighbor stopped in collecting money for her church's annual fund raiser for the homeless. We contribute every year.

My husband let her in and she joined me in the kitchen for a cup of tea. We chatted for a while. I excused myself to go to the powder room and while I was washing my hands, I heard her say she had to leave and would let herself out. She was gone before I came out.

Later, my daughter came to pick up cookies and chocolate covered pretzel sticks that I made and packaged for the girls in her Girl Scout troop. She is a Girl Scout Leader.

The goodies were in cellophane bags and tied with ribbon for each of the six girls in her troop and the two leaders and placed in a nice Christmas gift bag.

The bag was gone! There was no one in my house except my husband and me and my neighbor. I have to think that my neighbor took the bag and made a quick exit.

My husband wanted to confront her and get the cookies back. I didn't want the food back because it was compromised and out of my sight. I feel if she needs the food that bad, she can have it.

My daughter and I quickly made up more goody bags for the girls.

I have known this lady forever and she would never do something like this. I can't help wondering if she is suffering from dementia. My MIL did stuff like this before she was diagnosed.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

That's shameful!

Maybe she thought that you were also donating the cookies to the church and took them by accident???

IF she is suffering from dementia, and your husband confronts her, she might not even remember taking them.

I would just let it go.

Godsgirl 15 · ‎12-06-2011

I think you should confront her or you will never be able to trust her in your home again. Sure, you don't want the cookies back, neither would I, but you need to let her know how you feel.

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

@Carmie OMG! I think you may be right about the dementia theory. I would have been so flabbergasted. Thank goodness you didn't have your purse out there!

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beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

Or do up a bag of "coal" and take to her and tell her she left something behind when she made such a quick escape from your home the other night. Hand her the bag and enough said she will know.

Sorry for this ugly side of the holidays to come into your home.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

I honestly don't know what to think, but should she really be out collecting money? I don't think so.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

That is really something..... hmmm.... do not know how you would work this out. Guess just never ever letting her in your house again and to just start ignoring her as much as you can... out of your life..

mercyMe · ‎05-23-2012

What a compliment .... the cookies must have tasted and looked delicious. It was wrong on her part, but consider it a life lesson about kindness and forgiveness.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I would totally let this go. If she did it and knew exactly what she was doing, that's on her and what goes around comes around.

If she has a problem of some sort, like dementia, that is a very sad situation and I feel sorry for her. Imagine when she realized she has a bunch of goodies and doesn't know where they came from and how she got them.

As someone else pointed out, either way, I'd be concerned about her collecting money for a charity.