Yesterday I was at a literary tea, and spotted a woman across the room wearing the most stunning sweater. During a short break, I just had to go over and compliment her, and ask her where she had gotten it. She told me that she had bought it recently, that it was only $50 (it looked like it should have been $500!) but she didn't know the name of the store. It was in a town that I am not familiar with, about an hour away from me. She said it was by the stoplight. It was not an appropriate atmosphere for me to ask her to check the tag, or let me look at it. I'm tempted to take a drive to that town, but it's just not in my schedule for the next week or more.

Now I've been dreaming of this unattainable sweater. Does this ever happen to you?

(It was a gray background, tunic length, with circles of various sizes in shades of dark red, cream and black. It was lovelier than I make it sound).