belt up

so i have this lovely CR jacket that I bought at the start of the season and well it would turn out that the belt for it has given me nothing but trouble. Firstly yesterday was the first day I have been able to wear the jacket in months becasue I coudn't get the belt done up - that obviously is a whole other post and one I think I have mentioned. So yesterday I wore my jacket all day, didn't unzip, didn't unbuckle - until the afternoon at my desk. So I take the jacket off, gather my belongings and head for home. I collect a friend who I give the occasional lift home to and precede to the car. When I get home I think - oh I didn't bring my belt up with the jacket - strange. Then I look in the car - its not in the car - then I go to the gym and think i just didn't look in the car properly, look in the car again ...no the belt is not there. Now I absolutely hate misplacing things - it does my head in. So I turn into a crazy "I've lost something really important" kind of person. My housemate says from their couch "don't worry it'll turn up" this is never enough for me. SO we have to go out at 8pm at night - I say to my sister on the way to visit my dad - I'm just going to drive by where I walked this afternoon and see if we can see it. ( take note of the colour of the jacket) she knowing that once I have this idea there is no way I'm not going to make us look for it in the dark. So through a series of U turns and reversing in and out of peoples' driveways I spot what looks like my belt on the footpath. I exclaim : is that my belt or is it a leaf?????" My sister says "it's the belt! its the belt!" And she jumped out of the car in her pyjamas ( another post altogether) and recovered my belt. When we got to dad's he said "doesn't it have belt loops"!! Thanks dad for stating the obvious.