I Hate Macys....NOT!

I haven't been in a class yet where Macy's hasn't been mentioned. When the professor asks if anyone shops at Macy's, everyone looks down as though he just asked if anyone reads porn. It even got to a point where someone just said "Oh, that's right, FIT students don't like Macy's", and they say it as though it should be common knowledge. Now I admit that I really haven't shopped there in quite a while, but I wouldn't go to the extreme of saying I hate the place. Yesterday I decided to stop by during my lunch break to browse the shoe department. I had come across a pair of Cynthia Rowley mint green suede peep toe pumps with an alligator texture, retailed at $215 on sale for 19.99! And yet I had succumbed to the pressure of not being accepted by my peers for walking into class holding a Macys bag, so I didn't make the purchase. Why should I be ashamed, they are the fourth most profitable of retail chains in America(don't quote me), they are the store that brought us the Thanksgiving Day Parade and 4th of July Firework Spectacular...And I don't want anyone to know that I shop there? Fine. So today I go back to get the shoes, and as the kind salesboy is helping me out, Laura Bennet from this season's Project Runway comes strutting her pregnant belly out of the elevator. Starstruck, I get out my phone and start snapping away on the camera, I informed Jason, the shoe guy that there's a celeb in da house. And I went over to Laura to tell her that I am a huge fan. Her mom, who was standing right there, was shepping at my enthusiasm and had a smile beaming from ear to ear. After a 5 minute shmooze, that's right, 5 minutes(!), we went to our respective departments. I bet no one at FIT would be ashamed of this! Oh, and for those of you who were at the edge of your seat wondering- no, I did not get those shoes, they could not find the other pair, however I did get a pair of Ralph pointy kitten heel navy with gold trim shoes for 15.99...BOOYAH.