Learning to Walk Tall « Reluctant Memsahib

And lurking in the glittering cyber mall that is the biggest virtual auction house in the world, I stumble across a pair of boots which I simply, naturally, fall hopelessly in love with. ... This is pretend because-you-live-in-an-Outpost shopping. Except that when that sly little message from the ultimate in retail temptresses (the one that reminds you a coveted item is Ending Soon) wheedles its way into my inbox at Outlook Express: “You've been Outbid …”. ...