Mystery Solved
Gross gross gross gross gross.
I just found the source of the mystery smell.
There was a bag in the closet (does anyone else hang bags on hangers in their hall closet so they don’t lose the stuff and the kids don’t get into it? I have my MOMS Club bag, my EBay bag, and a few other bags). This particular stinky bag was full of Christmas gifts that I have ZERO recollection purchasing. As I dug into the bag (Jake and the Pirates puzzle? Ariel Barbie? Purple toddler digital camera????? Where the f— did this stuff come from????) the smell got worse and worse. I was so confused. Do things wrapped in plastic eventually smell this bad from all the evil plastic chemicals? WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE????
Then came the discovery.
An almost gone, completely rotten, moldy, black, smelly banana. Ohhhhhh, my friends, you should be glad you did not have to see the thing I saw in that bag.
As luck would have it, it is in the mid-60s this morning! Windows are wide open and I hope the smell dissipates now that the problem has been removed. I never knew a rotten banana would have such a chemical smell. Too bad it completely ruined what looked to be a brand new reusable grocery bag.
Notice the part where I said it was in the mid-60s? I heard it is supposed to get up to the 70s this week. And my new super warm winter coat just arrived! Perfect timing. It was a pretty sweet deal for the coat, so I won’t complain.
And now Elsa’s birthday gifts are purchased (if I remember the bag of mystery items exists in about three months)!