Helena ushered Bette and Tina into the stadium-size dining room where their friends were seated around an enormous dining table.  The table, designed to seat 20 people, had 8 settings placed at the end of the table closest to the room entrance.  Along with each setting were gift bags filled with scarves, perfumes, body sprays, hand bags and other accessories from top designer labels.  Alice and Jenny seemed to be enjoying their gift bags the most while Dana and Shane looked please with what they received.  They were still in awe of the hostess who gives out gifts at her own house warming party.  Kit is well aware of the labels in each bag and could approximate the value of each item in the bag, but she was busy looking around in awe of the gigantic house.

“Hey guys”

“Hey mommas”

“Oh my god Jenny, I’ll trade you my Marc Jacobs hand lotion for your Gucci sunglasses”

“That’s not a very fair trade Alice”

“I know, but you have like a ton of sunglasses, and you hate this style of sunglasses”

“How do you know what styles I like?”

“Are we trading or not?”

“I don’t feel as you’re giving me enough”

“Oh god fine, I’ll throw in the belt”

“Thank you”

They exchange items.

“It’s been a pleasure bartering with you Alice”

“Likewise, what about you Dana anything you want to trade?  Shane?”

     Helena returned to the dining room wearing an apron over her Dolce and Gabbana halter dress carrying a tray of hors d’oeuvres.  She places the tray on the vacant side of the table and announces that dinner won’t be long.

“Uh, what are you doing Helena?”

“I’m enjoying an hors d’oeuvre?”

“No, in that apron, which you look hot in by the way, even over that D&G”

“Thank you Alice, but if I want to keep this D&G spotless while cooking I must wear one of these”

“You can cook?”

“Well Bette I don’t know if I can cook, but I know how to cook”

“You cook in a Dolce and Gabbana?”

“I even cook out of the dress”