We are kindred spirits, for sure.
I have done that with books and magazines, too. I'll vaguely remember a certain pattern in one of my books and turn my shelves upside down looking for it... and then I realize that it was probably in the last box I took to a charity shop or gave away.
At least with this last purge of the bookshelves, I looked through each one and put a post-it note in the top of any that I might like to do and the rest could go safely off to their new homes. I was surprised at how few actually contained patterns that interest me, any more. Out of a couple hundred magazines, I think I may have kept 12, at the most. Strange, huh?