DIRTY PANTIES ...and other thrilling tales of my sex ... - Lannie Rose

22 - Dirty Panties ...and other thrilling tales of my sex changemy long arms. A matching sash would show off a slim waist, werethe wearer lucky enough to have one!The dress felt like a little piece of heaven. It felt like wearinglingerie, all slinky and slidey. In this dress, a woman cannotwalk; she automatically struts. It was classy enough to wear to afine restaurant, yet simple and casual enough to wear to abirthday party or even the office. I loved the dress.Back in the dressing room, I realized my fashion party hadreached its pinnacle, and I should start thinking about windingdown. I really did love the dress. Maybe it was time to look atsome prices. Maybe I would even splurge on something. I looked.The dress’s price was hidden in small print in the corner of thetag. Oh, my god, was that really the price? Is this like buying acar, where that’s the sticker price and you negotiate from there?Was that in U.S. dollars or Italian lire? No, US$ was printed onthe tag. The simple silk dress was four hundred eighty-fivedollars!I caught my breath. I knew things would be expensive, butthis was way beyond anything I had encountered in my limitedexperience. This beat Nordstrom by a long shot. (I had boughtthings only from Nordie’s sale racks, but I’d checked prices ontheir regular merchandise.) Well, it turns out MaxMara is amajor Italian designer label, and I was a Philistine for notknowing I was shopping in the stratosphere. I wonder if it wasmy ignorance that allowed me to walk in confidently with myhead held high and fool the manager into thinking I was in thesame class as her regular clientele.I tried on a few more things, now checking prices as I went. Itried a blouse that was the same material and general cut as thedress I loved, but with a wide sash waist. I really didn’t haveanywhere to go to properly show off the dress, but I figured theblouse could go with lots of things. It was lovely and it, too, fitvery well. But I wasn’t wild about the wide sash or about tying itin a big bow behind my back the way Valentina said was all therage just now. Anyway, just for fun, let’s check and see what the