Jules1212
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Disaster strikes! 
We are leaving today after school to make our way to Kent for an overnight stay prior to getting the Eurotunnel tomorrow morning. Now, I do rather pride myself on my organisational skills, hence my pain here... I have checked and double checked passports, phoned the hotel to check the room will sleep 4, booked BBWWS and made a reservation for Plaza Gardens on Saturday, got DH to fuel the car, check water, oil etc and made sure we have everything to comply with french laws. I have planned, planned, planned.
Great, I think. All set. I'll just take all the cards I don't need out of my purse and leave them at home, put my euros in and we will be all set. Credit card - tick. Spare credit card - tick, shareholder's card - NO! What? NO!!!!
Where on earth can it be? I have NO idea.
So, in between checking the bags I know I took last time and returning to my purse over and over in case pixie dust has fallen in and made my card reappear, I try to phone shareholder's club - no answer, told to leave a message on freephone number. Try paying number - apparently no longer in use.
Then remember that I had a temp certificate when I first got card - genius!!!! Find it in my inbox (from 18 months ago!) and the date expired on it in July 2012. Start to not so gently weep as I am buying 3 annual passes tomorrow 
All I can do is search a couple of places on my desk and then the pixie dust arrived
........ checking the drawer I put things in when I go away and don't want to take my purse contents, I find my card!!!!!! 
Instead of laying flat or amongst other items, it was vertical and had 'stuck' to the drawer front from inside. Oh, the blessed relief!!!!!! 
So sat here with a massive grin waiting for the kids to come home so we can set off. Minnie, I'm coming!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
We are leaving today after school to make our way to Kent for an overnight stay prior to getting the Eurotunnel tomorrow morning. Now, I do rather pride myself on my organisational skills, hence my pain here... I have checked and double checked passports, phoned the hotel to check the room will sleep 4, booked BBWWS and made a reservation for Plaza Gardens on Saturday, got DH to fuel the car, check water, oil etc and made sure we have everything to comply with french laws. I have planned, planned, planned.
Great, I think. All set. I'll just take all the cards I don't need out of my purse and leave them at home, put my euros in and we will be all set. Credit card - tick. Spare credit card - tick, shareholder's card - NO! What? NO!!!!
Where on earth can it be? I have NO idea. So, in between checking the bags I know I took last time and returning to my purse over and over in case pixie dust has fallen in and made my card reappear, I try to phone shareholder's club - no answer, told to leave a message on freephone number. Try paying number - apparently no longer in use.
Then remember that I had a temp certificate when I first got card - genius!!!! Find it in my inbox (from 18 months ago!) and the date expired on it in July 2012. Start to not so gently weep as I am buying 3 annual passes tomorrow All I can do is search a couple of places on my desk and then the pixie dust arrived
........ checking the drawer I put things in when I go away and don't want to take my purse contents, I find my card!!!!!! Instead of laying flat or amongst other items, it was vertical and had 'stuck' to the drawer front from inside. Oh, the blessed relief!!!!!! So sat here with a massive grin waiting for the kids to come home so we can set off. Minnie, I'm coming!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
I've had heart-stopping moments like that myself! So glad it all turned out OK. Hope you have a fabulous time! 
