Now I know I've lost it!!

Ha Chris cross I would know lol. I did Pitmans shorthand!!!People of a certain age could read it. Very unlikely though....good idea x (and as you know the cross is a full stop not a kiss) he he

Why don't you write down where you've hidden it in your diary And take taint with you. Xxx

Perhaps as a present to yourselves you should have a safe somewhere in the house. It doeskin have to be particularly expensive or strong but at least you would remember where it is and if you always put everything in it would find them. We have one and its a blessing. As soon as I get back I put my passport in it with my health card and then take my keys & cards out and put them in my handbag.

I too totally forget my hiding places I thought I was the only dizzy person I have written coded clues, last year it just said pretty scarf I had NO idea what that was about and crossed it out in my diary until much later when I had given up looking and the penny dropped

It reminds me my ex used to keep me very short of money and was always nicking what bit I had, anyway one day fed up with having no food money I hid what I had in a tampax box in a plastic sealed bag in the cistern
.......Yes you ve guess it, it disappeared I swear that man could smell money

Oh this happens to me when I go on holiday. I find a safe place to hide my jewelry and when I return I can't remember where it is. I have also tried code words and then have no idea what they are. I liked the tip about taking a photo which is what I'm going to do this year.

Try laundry bin , amongst dirty things you didn't wash before going on holiday.

I have found things I had hidden in the freezer, fridge and microwave before!

In the freezer .

Booked a holiday to Portugal years ago, knew exactly where my passport was as always kept it in file with other important papers.Stupidly didn't go to get it until the evening I was going - not there!! Ransacked the house in a very short time, didn't find it. Taxi arrived for airport, I had to send him away. Had to cancel holiday. 2 months later I found it by accident underneath my jewellery box on the chest of drawers. I have never ever put anything there before, I swear it was OH but he denied it of course.

As I said before I have a safe but DH would hide cash all over the house. Since he died I have found cash in various places, inside coats, inside books, an envelope taped to the underside of a table and hidden inside the plinth of the kitchen cabinets.

We were burgled last week and the thieves looked in every place imaginable including all your suggested ones. All my jewellery has gone, my Mum's, Grandma's etc I now have nothing to leave to my daughter. Wherever you hide stuff they, if determined, will find it. They washed everything they touched with all my cleaning products so, no forensic. How mean can anyone be??

Amenhotep that's awful. Apart from losing precious possessions, it's the thought of someone going through your things that leaves you feeling violated. I'm so, so sorry.

Everything of value is in the safe and the house protected by CCTV.