TODAY THE ALAIA BECKONS ME

Today the Azzedine Alaias on the second floor at Bergdorf sing their siren song to me. They sing so sweetly, so softly. And I will succumb and I will make my pilgrimage to the second floor at Bergdorf because today is the day when second markdowns begin. I may have to fight well-manicured ladies at the sale rack, I may have to eat a large chocolate bar for energy before I go, I may have to pray that I only find one pair and not two or more that fit me, I may have to call my mother from the sale rack once I have been sucked in to talk me back to reality. But I will go, and when the shoe goddesses above smile kindly upon me, I will come out of that hallowed place with one pair of perfectly priced, perfect fitting Alaias.