The mystery box!

Yesterday I was downstairs when Hubby answered the door to a delivery man with armfuls of parcels. I stuck my head up the stairs and as Hubby was signing for the delivery he mouthed, “There’s heaps!”

So I meandered upstairs for a look-see and he was right, there were heaps. Some small and some big. We slowly made our way through them. There were boxes filled with lollies for my sister’s weddings, new shoes for me, and one huge box on the floor. I grabbed a knife and opened it.

I like to buy things on eBay, sometimes late at night, but never drunk… although I did think when I opened the last parcel that I might have haphazardly purchased something odd. A heap of second-hand books greeted me when I opened the parcel.

“What is it?” Hubby asked.

“I actually have no idea!” I replied.

So I kept removing things and discovering more oddities, Bandaids and chocolates.

There were three jackets, all used for kids, it seemed. And a see-through apron. I was suddenly a little more weirded out. And confused. What on earth had I purchased? It had my name on the front so it was mine. But I didn’t know how.

As I neared the bottom of the box, there were heavy items wrapped in several bags and I would be lying if I said drugs didn’t cross my mind. I slowly unwrapped the item and it revealed a stain remover spray bottle. Weird.

It seems Quarantine thought the parcel was a little suss too, so they let me know they’d opened up the parcel and checked it themselves.

Someone has paid US$90 to get it to me, so it’s a lot of money to spend on postage!

I still have no idea what this parcel is or why I have it. I have no room in my house for a big box of things I don’t need, so I am hoping that someone owns up to it ASAP.

Is this your box? What would you do with it?

23 thoughts on “The mystery box!”

  3. That's crazy! Maybe you put your name down for something while you were at BlogHer? I don't know what I'd do with it, but I'd probably start by scoffing those M&Ms!

  4. Sounds like a “well these don't fit in our suitcases” sort of thing. I shipped myself a box like that on my way back from Europe when I was backpacking cos they wouldn't fit in my luggage.. and second hand things are easier to post then new ones cos they'll ask you duty for them!

    Do you know anyone coming or recently been to the USA with three kids?

    Or maybe customs/quarrantine may have made a mistake.. it may not have been in that original box it may have been a parcel and in opening it they have wrecked the packing so have used the box, and they might have been checking something of yours too and screwed up the addresses??

  5. What a classic! Looks like your on a bit of an expedition and have stain remover for those stubborn river crossing stains!!!! It isnt a nice thought though that someone has gone to the trouble and not receiving them.

  19. Looks like an adventure package. Although I'm thinking of the plot of the film Amelie, where Amelie kidnaps her father's gnome and gets her air hostess friend to take photos of the gnome in various cities around the world. When the gnome returns, her father decides to travel. Maybe someone is trying to tell you to move out of your comfort zone and go on a trip? Or maybe it's just COMPLETELY random. x

  20. What a random bunch of oddities! I don't know whether to laugh or be freaked out on your behalf! It's almost akin to the paperboy dumping his paper round under a bush somewhere – some random ebayer gave up on shipping theirs goods around the world so randomly bestowed them upon you!
    Much as I can't go past chocolate, ever, I don't think I could bring myself to eat them, and that is saying a lot!

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