The Luxe of the Irish
I’ve learned from my mistake. No matter how busy it gets at work – testing moisturizers and meeting with publicists – I will never wait till the afternoon to read the papers. Sure it’s good to know about the elections in Iran and the state of the housing bubble, but much more important: You gotta be up-to-date on when the sales start!
The other day I foolishly failed to skim the papers before I went to run errands at lunch, and I completely missed the start of the second markdowns at Bergdorf’s. It is really the only store in New York where you can buy Lainey, and while I passed on this season’s collection when it first arrived, complete with scary marked-up price tags, I figured my mind could surely be changed after a couple of markdowns.
Chained to my desk that afternoon, I frantically called my usual Lainey saleswoman, but she was too busy with other clients – those blasted clients in the store at that moment, no doubt pawing at what was rightfully mine – to chat. She suggested I come by soon; after all, the second markdowns had just started. And had she called me? Noooooo. Note to self: Find a new Lainey saleswoman!
Crap! And there I was, still at my desk as the hands of the clock inched closer and closer to closing time. The agony! And because I didn’t have the foresight to not book a lunch the next day, I wouldn’t be able to go until after work. At least Thursdays were their late nights.
At 6 p.m., I rushed over to the store and made my way straight to the sixth floor… hyperventilating (it was hot… and my heart was pounding), eyes focused like a laser, feet stumbling faster, faster, faster. And thank god the luck of the Irish was with me. Not only were there several pieces left, but they were all marked down. My personal collection would grow by 3. I did a little dance of joy…
P.S. My luck didn’t extend to my usual saleswoman, who wasn’t there that night to earn her commission (which of course she hadn’t). Serves her right!
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June 29th, 2005 23:56
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