Well during Easter 2014, my niece and her dauughter were visiting Italy and stopped in Florence.
The day I realized they were in Florence, I texted my niece to pick up a pair of unlined leather gloves-army green, size 7.
Lo and behold she found them and now I have the exact same gloves that were taken from me back on my hands.
Hooray.
Now I can start planning my next trip to Italy.