Forum:Weapons Disappearing

Today, Saturday, September 03, 2011 I was told to Update Borderlands but my LIVE was down so I had to decline the update and for some reason I got still got to play borderlands. But I went to play my Siren all her weapons and Shields and stuff were gone. I had dropped them all to show a friend Then picked them back up and I picked some up while we were on a quest and those were the only ones i got to keep, The ones I didn't drop. Its As if the new patch I couldn't even install was taking away my stuff for dropping them even though I picked 'em up long before we stopped playing. He was hosting and I think he quit like a nanosecond before me so that may have been part of it. I haven't been on Borderlands since. I hope I'm Posting this in the right place. I Thank You guys for any help or Advice you can Provide with this matter