I LOVE GETTING MAIL. IN MY OPINION, THERE IS LITTLE MORE EXCITING THAN OPENING UP YOUR MAILBOX TO FIND A GOOD MAGAZINE OR PERHAPS EVEN A LETTER. WHEN I GOT HOME THIS EVENING, I OPENED MY MAILBOX WITH THE USUAL ANTICIPATION AND WAS BEYOND EXCITED WHEN I PULLED OUT THE J.CREW SPRING CATALOG. OKAY, SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. ME? J.CREW? OR AS MY FRIEND BRIAN SO APTLY PUT IT WHEN HE HEARD I WAS IN THE STORE, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LET PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THERE."
I'VE BEEN HOOKED ON J.CREW FOR A WHILE NOW. IT STARTED WITH THE SIMPLE NEED FOR SOME NICE SWEATERS (DOESN'T IT ALWAYS...) AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I WAS.....SHOPPING. THE CUSTOMERS STARED ME DOWN AS I WALKED AROUND IN MY LEATHER JACKET AND AVIATORS (OF COURSE I KEPT THEM ON, I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO RECOGNIZE ME!). BY THE END OF MY SWEATER EXCURSION, I HAD SPENT MOST OF MY PAYCHECK AND WAS GOING HOME WITH PAGES 6-19 OF THE CATALOG. EVER SINCE THAT FIRST TRIP, J.CREW HAS BEEN SEEKING ME OUT, KNOWING THAT I WILL BUY PLENTY OF THINGS I DON'T NEED (WHO DOESN'T NEED A FLORAL BOUTONNIERE?). IT STARTED WITH A FEW EMAILS AND NOW, SOMEHOW, THEY HAVE FOUND OUT WHERE I LIVE.
AS I FLIPPED THROUGH THE CATALOG I SAW A RECOGNIZABLE FACE...OR DID I? IT TOOK ME ABOUT 25 PAGES INTO THE CATALOG TO REALIZE THAT IT INDEED WAS EXACTLY WHO I THOUGHT IT WAS. THERE SHE WAS, ERIN WASSON, HOLDING FLOWERS, GIGGLING, AND WORSE- SHE WAS WEARING SEQUIN CHINOS!! I KNOW, I WAS AS SHOCKED AS YOU ARE. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? IS J.CREW SUDDENLY...COOL? ARE THEY TARGETING THE DOWNTOWN HIPSTERS? DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE THOSE SEQUIN CHINOS IN MY SIZE? I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT WHATEVER IT IS, I KINDA LIKE IT...
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