The Return of Crusty

A week after going missing, Crusty has returned home. My sister and I went to the mall yesterday afternoon, and while I was there I figured I would check to see if they had a lost and found. I hadn't asked earlier because I really didn't think he had been with us on any recent trips to the mall...but figured it didn't hurt to ask. Boy am I happy I checked!

The girl at the mall's welcome desk checked with security, and I heard them over the walky talky tell her that they did not have anything in lost and found matching Crusty's description. No surprise since I didn't think he would be there. We started walking away when I hear "WAIT!"...turned around and the gal was on the walky talky again. She then tells me that they found him...he was just hiding in the pile of lost items. When the security guard brought him out to us he told us that someone had turned him in from the parking lot saying they knew he would be missed since he looked so "loved" (which is just a really nice way of saying that he is disgustingly dirty). Anyway...we are happy to have our friend back home with us!

It's funny...if you told me 5 years ago that I would be driving a minivan and spending my time desperately searing for lost stuffed animals I would have laughed and said "yeah right".