SUNSHINE
I was drawn to her sunny color clear across the store, however for the first time I actually had no idea what I would wear her with, but it didn’t stop me from making her mine. I name her Sunshine for obvious reasons; I love the soft orange color and the oh-so light sheen of the raw silk; she most definitely cannot be worn in gloomy wet weather. When I get her home I decide she complements brown and tan, I try her on with both color pants and jeans; she looks wonderful with my tan knee length pencil skirt.
Because of her uniqueness and style I wear her the night the girls and I decide to go see SATC2; I pair her with jeans and my orange-multi-colored satin top. Before the movie we meet for appetizers, martinis, wonderful conversation and lots of laughter. The theater is only a short walk across the outdoor mall and it’s a beautiful warm spring night in California, upon entering we choose the perfect seats and I find that my girls have smuggled in flasks of Cosmos. Yummy! After the lights dim and the previews start; I discover that Cosmos are especially delightful paired with dark chocolate Nonpareils.
The movie is a pure fantasy adventure and very entertaining, the wardrobe choices are as outrageous as ever and the “scenery” is spectacular! About an hour into the movie I am distracted from the screen by an obtrusive light directly to my left (about 3 seats over) and notice a young woman texting on her cell phone. I wonder to myself; does the cute ad asking EVERYONE in the theater to silence their cell phones and not text during the movie apply to everyone except her? Sunshine is tapping hoping to irritate the bad-mannered girl and make her realize her mistake, ten seconds go by, then twenty, now Sunshine is tapping like crazy and loudly too! I clear my throat noisily this doesn’t faze her either, so I lean towards her and do it again; she seems to get the message and closes her phone. Several minutes later I see the familiar glow once more, before Sunshine can start tapping or worse; decides to kick the girl (whom I will now call B-MG, for bad-mannered girl, although I’d really like to call her something else), I lean over and ask her politely to close her phone because the light is bothering me. She rolls her eyes at me, sighs loudly, whispers to her friend, who leans forward to look at me, she finishes her text then finally closes her phone. I get to enjoy the movie for about another ½ hour before B-MG lights up her phone to text yet again! As she giggles and shows her friend the text, I can hear Sunshine singing “let the sunshine in, let the sunshine in…..” I turn on my iphone open the flashlight application, lean over and start waving it in her face! The guy behind me chuckles, B-MG glares at me, slams her phone shut and calls me rude, ME, are you kidding? Whitney who’s sitting next to me starts giggling and whispers “I knew you’d make her see the light!”
When the movie is over the girls and I are in the lobby talking when B-MG walks past us and gives me yet another dirty look; so I smile sweetly, laugh and wave!
At this point my SATC2 fantasy mind is taking over and here how it’s playing out in my own personal movie. I look around and notice everyone is much more stylish and better dressed and coiffed then when we went into the theater, the lighting is softer and Sunshine is glowing brightly from my feet. I now have on a flowing short dress in hot-pink, orange and white, which is blowing slightly in the breeze (yeah, I know, I’m inside, but it’s my fantasy!). Sunshine tightens around my toes and I can feel her scheming to get her revenge on B-MG for disrupting the wonderful fantasy world we were enjoying! All of a sudden Sunshine is on the move following B-MG; we’re closing in on her and her entourage I glance over slyly as we start to pass them. Unexpectedly Sunshine propels me to the left, bumping one of the minions who in turn collides with B-MG sending her tumbling to the ground. I notice her phone sliding across the carpeted theater floor; however before I can mutter an apology Sunshine is moving on; forward we go heading straight for the phone. My mind is screaming “OH, NOOOOO!” as I suddenly realize what her intentions are; however before I can stop her Sunshine has put one of her beautiful silk clad heels through the phone over and over until the light goes out! She loosens her grip on my toes, I feel her fury subside; ahhhhhh that feels good! A wave of sheer delight washes over me as I scoop up the phone debris and sashay back to where the commotion is. My feet are all a-tingle as I hand her the mutilated pieces and say “I’m so sorry, I didn’t see your phone there on the floor and I must have stepped on it.” I smile sweetly and walk away. As I’m gliding across the theater to the exit I can hear the mayhem Sunshine has caused fading behind me and I’m humming along with her “I’m walking on sunshine, woooah, I’m walking on sunshine, woooah, and don’t it feel good!”
Although she’s beaming brightly I’m afraid Sunshine was a little dark tonight!
