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Alexis

I let s before glancing wistfully at the rows of shoe racks standing near the back wall What I wouldn’t give for a few hundred bucks to spend frivolously on super-cute accessories

I snorted softly, wandering around the shiny s dangling in ive for a few hundred, period

Wait Is that…

My breath caught inout through the iely fashionable tassels, was none other than the Moby Dick of handbags!

I lickedtrollops wandering around the spacious store froers, I pushed aside the lesser designer apparel and closed ers on the unicorn in my midst

Burberry

Not just any Burberry The buckle medium tote In pink!

A season ago I’d eyed this bag in Nordstro I had any means, whatsoever, to one day (when all of my many bills were paid and there was food in the pantry) afford such an extravagant lifestyle purchase

I could just see it I’d strut around the streets with the little beauty onMaybe I’d swing my hips, too, if I could , rather than scurrying around important people who demanded their space Why? Because I’d be an important person I’d be the person other people scurried from

With shaking hands, I wrestled the supple leather strap fros out of the way

“Oh my God,” I whispered

I, Alexis Price, was holding a Burberry buckle medium tote…in pink

I eased the luxury iteht, I let , non- me my space, and a sharp new style that included not just this bag but shoes in my size with no holes

“Is that a Burberry?” I heard in a breathy whisper behind me

I clutched the strap of the handbag in a death grip and whirled around, ready to take on the enemy

“Yeah,” I said, centering ht

A flat-faced wory expression and wide nose narrowed her heavily made-up eyes

Women in this store were vicious, and it was extreht of interest on delivery day These patrons were hellbent on getting first-tier fashion at reduced prices

“Cute, isn’t it?” I said in a blasé tone Su all my confidence, I settled the strap just a little ht just take it for a stroll See if I like it”

I started off at a speedy clip, using the sassy movement of my upper body to hopefully distract her fro htly wrinkled khakis They were clean and stain-free, and I doubted she’d know they were actually a unifor

I could feel her stare digging intoA woman down the row had her hair done up in a ponytail tied with a fareen bow that I knew read Proud to Be a Chester, a solanced up before giving ht be different (aka s, the ability to sprout fur and teeth…

I didn’t have any of those, sadly

Those would giveI’d never experienced But I did have this fabulous handbag, for now, and a real bad attitude We had to hat ere given

Iher knoasn’t to be trifled with Fear was a strong deterrent to treating so to fear when it came to me specifically