Red

..it wasn’t meant to be a problem but right now it was.

..it wasn’t too much of a problem

and

it could be solved quite easily.

I only had to make up my mind as to what I wanted...

..which one was just right...

..the one for me..

..which colour red...

..simple!

..there were just so many..

..vermillion and crimson..magenta..reds into orange. purply reds or bluey reds..sparkly..glossy...tasty reds...yummy sweet grapes with black pepper, strawberry and cherrybrandy...mocha...double chocolate and champagne delight...see the problem? So many to choose from and I could not have them all! Just one, one only and that was the problem today...

The camisole was pretty, knickers that matched with just the right amount of satin and lace...just have to make up my mind about the colour, which red did I want and not the black....passe that was now, old hat, no, not black, red’s what I want...quite lovely these were, soft in my hands...feel good, on top of the world stuff, stuff to impress...mind blowing, gorgeous! Can’t wait to get it all on! It will turn my own head! Turn my own head!

Black’s boring now and not really sexy anymore, been overdone for years, black. I’m all blacked out and I don’t want the pink, don’t want the puple or the frosted mint, no, red’s what I want, what I’ll go for today...

...and...

it’s reduced in the sale...

...half price...

...and...

...very, very naughty, the scarlet, just what I need. Yes, I’ll get this for the naughtiness! So bright, so bad, so bad, bad, bad! Scarlet woman stuff! I’ll be a scarlet woman for the day...

..and..

I’ll get the fishnets too!

..and..

here I am,  now on my way home with my shiny little bag of plain French navy  and no one knows what’s in it!! Not one soul could guess the naughtiness factor! Not one!

Just the lippie to buy.

I’ll get scarlet to match, Paloma Picasso’s the one I must have, glossy and moist and quite luscious...plumps up the lips and in a lovely gold case...lippy to die for...for me!

New lashes for eyes, smokey grey for the lids but there’s no hurry for that, it’s the lipstick I want, in the red of all reds...

...and..

then I am home

unpack my bag

reverent,

slow

and

lay it all out on the bed

like a treasure

..oh joy upon joy, purest luxury thisl! And a perfume to set it all off! Malabah, I choose, by Penhaligon, the luscious, evocative experience from their scent library in Bond Street, no less...

He looked in the mirror

He lifted the golden case to his lips...

...Paloma’s kiss...

...he mouthed to the mirror...

..and..

..he liked what he saw

..and..

... stroked his beard...

..perfect, he said...

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