@tinytoydragon@snouts.online Okay, that's actually pretty simple. A Faerie was fucking with you.
All they need to do is put a perception filter on ya that veils that one thing you're looking for from registering in your brain, and they'll laugh their asses off as you look all over the house for it, give up, buy another, and come home after the effect wears off and there's the thing you were looking for.
It's like what we do to Cats with Laser Pointers. Cats have No idea how a laser works. Red dot go zoom