OOHHH another thread to mess with people heads!!
Which BTW I read your post, I'm glad you found your books! It would have driven me nuts!
I lost some dies for my sizzix once, they were gone for months. I started putting away scrap paper(it goes in a big bag) and lo and behold there they were!
I starting thinking that I sounded like a fool, so I deleted it. I'm glad that I found them also. I was ready to pull my hair out... Oh well, it goes with my tag.
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