HOME ALONE: Easter Edit

Though nobody is hurt and nothing was broken (Mum's latest pedantic quote: "How thoughtful of them!"), they took most of her jewelry and all of my cash.

- spared the semiprecious and plastics as well as books, booze and hi-tech (which in this case, is more low tech anyways)
- searched through all of our clothing, underwear and papers
- gave up at 5th of my 50+ mini boxes filled with nothing but valueless rubbish
- made me regret using no cam Nokia 1616, by rearranging the flat in a psycho-conceptualistic manner (armchair-on-bed sort of style)
- let themselves through the front window without dropping a windowsill flower (another "wow" from my Mum)
- or getting noticed by our neighbors
- didn't scare the cat
- wore gloves
- shut the window on departure

As for police, they were almost charmingly nonchalant and absolutely helpless. After two hours of powdering & blowing all we got was: onto the next! and one advice: there are no good security methods other than self-inventory these days.

Other conclusions are:
- let go that romantic knicker-drawer-safe idea - invest in real safe instead
- wear jewelry instead of keeping it for next generations (check Ermine Fevrier for good inspo)
- invest in books and keep your money there; there's a chance your thief will be just afraid of them as mine
- watch Kevin