an uncertain purchase

A few weeks ago I make the mistake of going to Saks during their 25% off Friends and Family event.  While there, I find myself looking, once again, at the McQueen skull scarves.  I have coveted one for a long time.  After contemplating for about 30 minutes, I give in and buy one — a beautiful light blue silk scarf with black skulls.

I leave the first floor, go up to the second, and bump into Valerie.  She is not supportive of my purchase.  “You should buy classic.  Don’t spend your money on something like that.” 

I don’t listen but my purchase keeps nagging at me.  I even ask my son what he thinks — not that he has any interest or strong opinions on what I wear.  But even he is not enthused seeing me in skulls.

I leave the scarf sitting in the Saks shopping bag for a couple of weeks.  Whenever I think of wearing it, I opt not to.  I’m not convinced I should keep it. I turn to the internet for guidance.

I Google “celebrities in McQueen scarves” and many images pop up.  The two Olsen twins.  Nicole Richie.  Jay-Z.  Lindsay Lohan.  Madonna.  Russell Brand. That should be answer enough, but then I see Kim, a pillar of good taste:

Before meeting Corinne for a screening of Nebraska, I stop off at Saks and return the scarf, confident now in my decision.