To answer your question, YES you did shoplift. Passing all points of sale without paying and leaving a retail establishment is SHOPLIFTING ~! I am not doubting your story of "forgetting" your wallet, but i hear similar stories every day of the week. As for the items placed over your arm with your jacket covering them, this is indeed a very popular shoplifting technique which we as Loss Prevention Officers are trained to look for. Everyone is innocent and sorry and "forgot" and will go and pay for the items now, which just can not happen or everyone, including myself will chance to leave with hundreds or thousands of dollars of merchandise with the only ramification being i go back in and pay for it. This would of course lead to the downfall of every retail establishment in the country as we know them. Be responsible for your actions ~! ALL of YOUR actions ~!