that sucks. Sorry.
My mom has the best luck when she loses her wallet, which she has done more than a couple of times. The two most amazing stories are:
She left it on a city bus in the early morning. It rode around ALL day, and the bus driver found it when he was picking up at night. Nobody stole it and he got it back to her.
She went to boston, left her wallet in a restauraunt, and then flew back home to Eugene, OR. The next day the restauraunt calls up and asks where they should mail it.