What is the stupidest thing you forgot?

[Tinka_Belle]

Last year was DH's deodorant. It was my fault as I am the one who does the packing. I ended up spending $4 for a travel size generic brand deodorant. This year I bought travel size in the brand that we use and they are already in the suitcase.

 

[Safari Queen]

My husband once forgot underwear. He brought everything but not one pair of underpants.

 

[ashbradnmom]

Thanks for all of the tips. We are going in Aug. and I am so worried I will forget something!!

 

[leagirl12]

Underwear. I forgot to pack my underwear for a camping trip.

Been there done that.

 

[kim929]

One vacation we went to visit my in laws and forgot to pack my shirts. I couldnt' believe I didn't pack 1 shirt for me. While we were on a road trip, I forgot our cooler in the parking lot of a rest area. I have forgotten my ds shoes in the hotel, realized it 200 miles later. I have also forgotten my other son's glasses at the hotel. I'm looking at the kid saying something is not right. Couldn't put my finger on it, until we were driving down the highway and I looked in the rearview mirror and say.... ds where are your glasses. He said I don't know. He wore them everyday. How do you forget to put them on? The hotel fedex'd them to me the next day.

 

[ThunderMTexpert]

extra digital camera batteries!! & always have some in the carrying case- because you never know when you'll miss precious moments!!

 

[Stephanator]

My husband and I were flying to Hawaii and half-way through the flight I realized I had forgot our game tickets for the Hawaii football game which was only 2 days away! I was considering calling my mom to fed-ex them to me, but tried the college's ticket desk first. Since I ordered the tickets with a credit card over the phone, and could verify the info, the ticket agent let me do a will-call before the game.

 

[aquaticmom]

Okay, I can't believe I am even admitting to this one. I forgot my 10yr old daughter at our hotel at Niagra Falls a few years ago. We were there with Grandma, Grandpa, and an Aunt & Uncle. We had three vehicles there. After we were all done loading up the vehicles we pulled out. I thought my daughter was in her Aunt & Uncle's car with her cousins (pre cell phone days). Thank goodness we had made plans to stop and eat about 15 or 20 minutes away and realized we had left her at the hotel (at least it was a Hilton, it was a nice hotel) Anyhow as soon as we realized our mistake, we panicked and it seemed like it took us hours to get back to the hotel. She is 20 now and still enjoys telling people her parents abandoned her in a foreign country.

 

[kindra657]

my teenage sister, who loves to swim & sunbathe, forgot her suit!!! i ended up spending over a $100 (in dtd of course) for a bikini for her that barely had more material to it than my granny panties i was wearing!!

 

[acourtwdw]

It's not so much what I didn't pack but what I did. My sister and I were on a cruise a few years back. As most people know, you have to have your checked luggage outside of your stateroom on the last night. My sister put clothes that she planned on wearing on the dresser. While she was in the shower, I packed the clothes and put out the luggage. The next morning, she didn't have her planned outfit. She had to walk around Miami in her night gown. It was like a large gray tee shirt that came to her knees. You wouldn't know it was a nightgown. But she still won't stop talking about it. I would have given her my clothes since we are the same size but due to the fact that I am six inches taller than her, the nightie would have been really short on me.

 

[Va-bear]

It's not so much what I didn't pack but what I did. My sister and I were on a cruise a few years back. As most people know, you have to have your checked luggage outside of your stateroom on the last night. My sister put clothes that she planned on wearing on the dresser. While she was in the shower, I packed the clothes and put out the luggage. The next morning, she didn't have her planned outfit. She had to walk around Miami in her night gown. It was like a large gray tee shirt that came to her knees. You wouldn't know it was a nightgown. But she still won't stop talking about it. I would have given her my clothes since we are the same size but due to the fact that I am six inches taller than her, the nightie would have been really short on me.

your poor sister!!

 

[Patti_C]

So far I haven't forgotten anything, but now I feel jinxed from reading this post, But I do think I smelled the post with the bad breath, the poster with stinky arm pits, and I was just grossed out by the poster with crusty feet!

 

[PlainJane]

Sunscreen, and here's the kicker I'm allergic to most brands. We were staying onsite and the only brand Disney sells is Banana Boat, and I can only wear Hawaiian Tropic. I spent the whole week avoiding the sun, I felt like I was a vampire or something.

I've also forgotten my toothbrush, but that was a much easier fix.

 

[DznyDreamz]

I have you all beat!! The first time we took our DD5, I forgot my credit card!! Hard to buy all the other things we forgot and all the stuff we would need without that!!

We had a very early morning flight out so we booked a room at the airport (thank goodness). It was an hour from home and the official start of vacation. When we arrived to check in, I realized what I had done. I switched purses and left the CC in the old one!!! Duh!! So we had to hop back in the car, drive an hour back home and turn around right back to the hotel. Sure was a good thing b/c I may not have noticed it was missing if we got on a flight right away. So now I check, double check and triple check my purses after a switch.

 

[karynnix]

We went to my mom and dad's for Christmas this past year, and forgot ALL of the kids' Christmas gifts. ALL OF THEM. Between the family members, we collected up enough gifts to put under the tree. I'll NEVER do that again!!

 

[timzagain]

I don't feel so bad now - I thought I was the only person who forgot to pack the obvious!

Here's my list of things I've forgotten (thankfully not all in the same trip!)

• Toothbrush - last year half my household forgot to pack theirs. It's a good thing I threw in a dollar store pack of 5 toothbrushes
• Hair brush & comb - not cool, especially since youngest DD has the kind of hair that gets tangled if you look at it too hard!!
• Socks - had to borrow DH's
• Underwear - had to buy some for myself and youngest DD
• The biggest goof - I packed absolutely no bottoms on a recent weekend trip. We had to make a last minute luggage switch, DH volunteered to repack my bag and didn't pack the entire stack of shorts/ capris! Had to go out and buy 2 because there was no way I would have survived the weekend with one sand coloured pants!
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[ldrprn]

Last year we planned to spend a couple of days before we hid WDW outside the parks at Sea World, but we forgot our platnium passes from Busch Gardens. We spent a couple of days just kicking back. Had a great time anyway.

 

[Minniekins]

Okay, well in 2000, I forgot my BP meds and really had to have them. So, I called up a local Walgreens and somehow, even though I don't usually have my prescrip. there, they got in touch with my dr. & got info faxed there and then they delivered them to CBR! So that worked out but now I always check that for sure.

In '05, I forgot my curling iron so, on way to airport we quickly stopped at Walgreens(again) and got one on clearance for $2.50! Of course it fell apart shortly after we got back but at least I had it at WDW! (gotta have it just for the bangs, but still need it!) Thought I'd never do that again, well...I was good in '06, but...

In '07, I used it just before we were leaving, so in an effort to cool it off so I could pack it I put it in the freezer, yes the freezer , and then had to stop at Walgreens yet again when I forgot I put it in there! Now I keep that curling iron permanently in the suitcase! Oh, yeah, I made a point of getting some great sunglasses to take on the trip. Of course I left them on the couch right next to my pile of paper work like ressies, tickets, etc.. So, I had no sunglasses in sunny WDW and didn't want to buy unless I found something great and I didn't, so my eyes suffered!

My DD17 would always forget her toothbrush if I didn't pack it for her so she's lucky! She can pack everything else but always forgets that We also forgot her money last yr. Her dad had given her some $, plus she had some she saved, and she put it together on the counter, which got under other stuff and of course we didn't have it in WDW!

And, not disney, but when I was about 11, we were going on a family vacation to Mexico. We had left in the middle of the night and were somewhere in Iowa,(live near Chicago), when suddenly my dad asked my mom where the tickets were. Tickets to get into the country, not sure exactly how that worked, border passes or something, it was about,.... a long time ago My Mom had to tell him she forgot them! We had to drive all the way back home. That was not a pleasant trip for a day or two!

Oh well. I always make lists and alway think, 'this time I've got it all, won't forget anything, and it's always something!

 

[mtomlin66]

Last year I thought I was being super organized and packed a week early. The night before I thought I checked each of the suitcases. Our first few days were outside Disney, shopping, visiting relatives and going to Disney Quest. Our first day onsite we unpacked and started to get ready to go to a park. Of course this is when my DS7 asks, "Where are my sneakers?" It turns out he used them the day before we left and we never realized it. They were sitting on the floor of his bedroom when we returned the following week.
This year, I've made a note to myself to lock the suitcases after I pack

 

[lrab1126]

one time on a cruise I forgot to pack dh socks, so he only had the pair that he wore to the ship. And most recently, forgot to pack nail clippers when we went to WDW last week..... i always bring clippers because it never fails that either i break a nail or someone gets a hang nail etc... sure enough...day 2 dd gets a hang nail and i had to go buy some at the gift shop.