***Saturday, 12/15/12***

10:35 AM

"Get back in that fitting room and don't come out until you've put on the yellow bikini. I have to live vicariously through your ridiculously flat stomach and ten-foot-long legs and perfect 34-C boobs. The least you can do is show it off in freaking South Beach! There are men in South Beach, Bella. Handsome, not-that-it-should-matter-but-WEALTHY men with swarthy accents and facial hair who know how to samba!"

"And here I thought I was the one with a rich fantasy life."

"Come on, I've known my husband since we were fourteen years old. Sometimes I need to get a little outside my narrow universe here."

"And I'm your ticket out?"

"If the two-piece fits…"

"You're pretty bossy, you know that?"

"Yes, but I'm effective. Get in there and strip. We still have to hit the dress department."