The Watch Curse

I have a strange little curse. I lose watches. All the time. I believe I’m on my fifth watch in two years. I lost two watches last year within a six month period. Trust me when I say I will never be buying a Rolex.

My husband can’t understand why I lose so many of them. I’m convinced the children took the last two and threw them in the garbage, since the last place I had them was on their bathroom sink while washing their hair. It’s a subtle form of revenge really. When I don’t allow them to eat doughnuts and candy for dinner, the watch goes missing.

The most recent addition to the Watch Disaster Collection was a Target bargain special. $19.95 for a fake gold watch complete with cubic zirconia bling bling. It was actually rather pretty. I first lost it in the YMCA when it fell off my wrist in the parking lot (stupid clasp) and they thought it was real gold and diamonds. When I called about it, they had it in their safe.

Yesterday, I was taking out the trash and it fell off again. I didn’t notice it until I was at work. After I got home, my husband showed me the watch, which he’d found at the bottom of our driveway. The face was cracked and it looked like I’d run over it (I probably did). He just shook his head at me. Amazingly, it still works. I will likely go back to Target and buy an identical replacement.

What about you? Is there anything you always seem to lose or destroy?