[Nigel]

Last week I casually mentioned to my wife that I really fancied a box of Cadburys Milk Tray chocolates, (this is a brand of English chocolates) and then never gave it another thought.
My daughter has just passed the majority of her exams and been able to move up another year and infact been accepted into the school of her choice. My wife mentioned this to one of our neighbours who promptly went out the next day and bought her a little gift.
Imagine my suprise when I got home from work and found a big box of Cadburys Milk Tray in the kitchen bought for my daughter.
At first it didn´t even register that that was something I had asked for because I had forgotten all about it. But there it was on the kitchen worktop. Even more amazing is the fact that we live in Spain so of all the continental chocolates that could have been chosen it was in fact the very box that I had asked for.
But why is it I can manifest this item with no problems at all but other items I ask for never come about?
Was it the forgetting part? But how do you forget that you need a quick cash influx into your bank account when everything around you reminds you that you are almost broke?