These gloves wre made for losing….or am I just totally irresponsible when it comes to pairs of gloves (or earrings).  Gloves are extremely important to me.  I love my hands.  I take good care of them.  They make sweet music at the keyboard; but I digress.  I particularly like leather gloves; problem is, black is best and black has a way of disappearing in the recesses of my black purse.  I have lost complete pairs of black leather gloves at the gas station in Chicago, at churches, at school, and most recently at a Christmas concert.  I buy tons of gloves, the 2 for $1.50 stretchy kind are great for back – up and for loaning and for tucking in the pocket of every coat and jacket and every backpack. After using my water proof, double layer ski gloves for 5 winters (and not losing one) I finally invested in a pair of nice WARM and Professional looking suade gloves in October.  Now these gloves not only looked great, they were fur lined and had knit gussets all around and a cuff.  They were extremely comforting and comfortable.  I got them at nearly half price at Kohl’s and I wore them through the first days of extreme cold here in the Colorado mountains.  My fingers did not go numb driving in to work.  I praised them, I flaunted them, I wore them to the Christmas concert; tucked them under my arm while receiving a program and then sat in the bleachers for an hour.  Entering the night air at 8,000 feet afterward was a sharp reminder.  I caught the janitor turning out the lights, we searched the gym.  We looked under the bleachers to no avail.  A mere month of use and my gloves were gone!  I am still sad.  Even sadder now as I drive to work in my miss matched pair ( one stretchy and one ski glove); because, yes, I lost a single the other day.  Maybe I should take up baseball again – afterall you only need one glove.