monday afternoon a well dressed, obviously MOT, man walks into PN and approaches the racks of women's clothes. he looks a bit lost, confused and unsure. i make my approach.
"good afternoon sir (my dad would be so proud), can i help you find anything today"
it turns out he and his wife are celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary and he decided to gift her with the traditional wool - or in his case, cashmere...he wants to me to show him what we have. i begin with a gorgeous silk and cashmere shawl that i have been eye-ing for the last week (it's not online...otherwise i would share a picture so you can join me in my drooling). one thing that i have learned is that if i sell it to someone else, i sometimes loose the urge to buy it for myself - it's like i have fulfilled the urge to splurge because i got someone else to do it instead...but back to my man. he seems pleased with the shawl but wants to know what else we have. i show him a sweater that is cute but nothing special (and after the fact i think to myself sweater - even if it's cash - is sorta of a lame anniversary gift - can you imagine telling your girlfriends, he got me a sweater...ick). oh and we had a cashmere dress too - but in the back of my head i had already decided he was buying the shawl (thinking if i decide it hard enough, maybe it would happen). he's slowly making his way towards the cash register when he once again asks if there is anything else cash that he should look at...and i flippantly mention that we do have a cashmere trench (again no picture...but when i think about it...i die), hahaha. do you want to see it? he answers that i can tempt him.
the next thing i know, after an additional 45 minutes of back and forth i have convinced him that what he needs more than anything in this world is this gorgeous coat. it's a "modern heirloom" after-all. check out the sleeve. she will DIE over the sleeve. not only is he buying the coat, but he's buying her a hat to go with it (i'm all about creating a complete look) and he's opening a PN card. my coworkers are high-fiving me...I LOVE MONOGRAM!
fast forward to later that night, 7:30pm. in strolls my MOT and his lovely, opinionated, bride. turns out he has gifted the trench and she's just not sure if it's for her. excuse me? i don't think i understand. not only is it simply impossible to not fall instantly in love with this gorgeous piece of perfection, but if it gets returned, i loose my freaking sale! in my three days working in both men's and women's sales i have learned that men might not be as open to trying something on but once they make the decision to take something into a dressing room, they are much more likely to make the purchase - and they don't return anything. women on the the other hand take one of everything into the dressing room and that means - nothing. so as WIFEY goes back and forth trying to make a decision, i bring her a smaller size, i tell her that her daughters will fight over it (who cares that they are 1 and 4), i tell her that it's a classic cashmere trench with a puff sleeve - HELLO!!! she'll have it forever, there is no choice to be made. she reassures herself that in a couple of years, she'll be ready for a new coat, so really, it's not forever - and decides to go with it.
whatever it takes.
the coat is BANANAS!
and i learned this very important lesson - when given a wonderful gift by ABN, always keep it. not only because he put his heart and soul into choosing something beautiful and perfect. but also because mostly like, some girl worked her ass off trying to make the sale!
i'm off for the first time in seven days! i have a million errands to run, mostly ruach filled in prep for the 'BAMA EXTRAVAGANZA next weekend!
g'mar chatimah tova....
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