I have a surefire way of finding that sock. After about 3 months of waiting for the other sock to appear I finally cut it up and use it for bandages. The very next day I go to put on a shirt that I haven't worn in a while and the sock is in the sleeve
Then I have more bandages.
So True! My Mom wore clip earrings, I used to find the most gorgeous ones at yard sales for almost nothing, many times they hadn't even put them out.......
Especially in coat-wearing seasons, they got lost....but Never throw the "spare" away, the original wwill show up rimmediately after you do...in the driveway, the map pocket, the coat pocket, somebody else's pocket or purse, entangled in a scarf