This past weekend was supposed to be my last minute present push where I buy luxury goods and feel okay about it because I’m giving them away. But then the snow hit and the weak girlyman retailers of Washington DC decided our snow flurries were akin to Hurricane Katrina and headed for the hills. Everything was closed. Whole Foods, Saks Fifth Avenue, Victoria’s Secret, everything. I wasn’t able to buy overpriced soy products, cashmere scarfs or the kinky Santa’s helper outfit I’ve had my eye on. Ridiculous! I heard the US lost $10 billion in retail sales because of the snow.
An economic calamity I say and all because of a little precipitation and a slight drop in tempratures. Luckily, there was one store that weathered the storm: the always reliable since 1837, Tiffany and Co. I was so thrilled that their doors were open all weekend that I nearly threw myself on their pristine counters and refused to leave.
I’m not sure when my love affair with Tiffany’s started. Was it when I saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s, or actually had breakfast at Tiffany’s (great marketing idea BTW Tiff’s), or when my high school boyfriend bought me a signature bracelet with the money he saved working at the short lived Crab Shack? Hard to say. I just know that every time I see one of those robin’s egg blue boxes with my name on it, I basically have an orgasm. If someone gave me a deck of cards I would raise an eyebrow and openly question their sanity. Do I look like a gal with a weekly bridge game? But if they were Tiffany playing cards (yes they sell them and for a reasonable $30 dollars!) I would embrace them like a newborn child.
I loved the den of glitz before, but after last weekend’s tiny little insignificant snowstorm that had everyone hiding in a nuclear bunker with a month’s supply of food instead of behind a retail counter, I really really really love Tiffany’s.
Hello happiness! The blue box makes everything better. They should probably serve up eviction notices or life sentences in a similar box.
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Tags: consumerism, snow storm, Tiffany's
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