Nancy and I exchanged grins. It was decided—we’d be shopping here.

“I’ll take this purple one,” I said.

“And this orange one,” I added.

“And this gray one,” I continued.

The sales associate, focused on taking notes on her phone, jotted down my requests.

“Besides those three, I want every other bag in the store,” I declared.

There was a loud thud as the sales associate’s phone dropped in shock.