C.'s daughter is getting married next month. C.'s mother needed a dress to wear, but C.'s mother put very restrictive requirements on the dress:
* high collar to hide her chicken neck
* long sleeves to hide her spotted skin
* cost no more than $40
A dress was found for $39.99 in a not-soo-good color for Mom.
While walking through another store, Mom noticed a lovely suit. Her eyes lit up. It was torquoise. C. Got her mother to try on the suit. It was perfect, but it cost $80. Mom refused to buy the suit despite C. Offering to spring for the $80.
Later, upon hearing the story, C.'s husband insisrted they buy the suit.
I suggested C. Tell her mother it was a final sale and she could not return the suit. C. Suggested she say it was marked down even more. I said L., the daughter, could insist grandmother wear the suit at the wedding.
This sounds like a great start to a story. Of course, I will hear what really did happen.
To make this magical, the suit could have properties. The off-color dress could have properties, too. The clothes could end up on the wrong people. Or something even beter could come along to spice this story up. It's literally the stuff of real life which we all deal with creatively every day.
