eating and shopping with friends

my bosses give great gift 

okay

 their wives

 give great gifts

this christmas

 one

 gave me

 an amazingly gorgeous

 celine tote bag

 the leather was so soft 

when you put it over your shoulder 

the whole thing collapsed into itself 

had the shoulder strap

been a teensy bit longer

i might have kept it

 i took it back to the store

 got a credit

 oh boy 

what a credit

 i have since getting the credit

 mostly hibernated 

due to the weather

but it was

beginning to burn a hole in my wallet

what to do?

 i called

 two of my best gal pals

 organized

 an afternoon

 of 

lunch and shopping

 on the way to 

bergdorf goodman

 donna asked

 if i had made a reservation

 well no

 but i can do it now

i fumble
with my iPhone open table app

the earliest table for 3

 is 2:30

 its now
just a little past 1

 ironically

 it took me

 until the cab pulled up

 across from bg

 to make the reservation

 we decide

 to just go up to the 7th floor

see if we can 

get a table sooner

 if not

we'd shop

 amazingly

  BG restaurant

was able to seat us immediately

if you've ever dined

at fred's in barney's

 the comparison

 is

 the menu

 at fred's is larger/more diverse

 but

 the ambiance

 at 

bg

 wins

 with

 its view of Central Park

 and

 its cozy

 'trader vic' chairs

after
a lunch of 

scallops and mushroom ravioli for me

 deviled eggs for donna

 and 

lovely salmon for cheryl

we order
 'cookies for the table'
and coffee

fortified

we go shopping

they were having 75% off sales

however

 i managed

 to find

sold design lab brown faux leather skinny jeans

rag & bone forest green skinny jeans

 nili lotan cashmere boyfriend sweater in cobalt

none
 of which
were on sale

still came away

 with

 half the credit

 left for another day