No Criminal Intent

So I was rushing around at lunch today, running errands, thinking about projects I had to finish at work before the end of the day, issues I need to deal with on the weekend blah blah blah and I popped into Lewiscraft with the intent of picking up a pair of 4mm bamboo needles to replace the one I lost in Greece so that I can finally finish Paul’s Alien Illusion. I also needed to figure out the recommended needles for my stash of Sugar & Cream cotton yarn on the off chance I feel like knitting up a wee iPod cover this weekend. Anyway, I picked up the needles, found the Sugar and walked back up the aisle muttering to myself about needles and gauges when I realized I’d quickly walked out of the store and was five paces away with the unpaid-for needles still in my hand! Gah! “No really officer, I didn’t mean to shoplift a set of $2.50 needles, really.”

Nobody’d noticed I’d pilfered anything but a suspicious shopkeeper might have clued in that I was guilty of something when I arrived at the cash desk with a red face and a (rather loud) “I’d like to pay for these please!”