The year is 1969 and she desperately wants that funky pair of bell bottoms, but the price-tag at the trendy boutique is just way too high.
With a heavy heart she takes the bus back home, sad that she’ll have to settle for something old for that special Valentine’s date.
Late that night she gets a brainwave, tiptoes into the sewing room and finds her treasure, Mom’s leftover psychedelic upholstery fabric!
The sewing machine worked late into the night as her inventive creation became the funkiest bell bottoms ever!
She looked and felt a million dollars when her date arrived and was the belle of the ball that night!
Reluctant to let the night end at the front gate, she invited him in for a nightcap.
However, as she sat down on the reconditioned couch, she realized her folly!
Her stunning bell bottoms blended perfectly with the couch, in fact became a part of it!
Mom’s upholstery fabric became her biggest embarrassment!
Thankfully her Valentine’s date had a fabulous sense of humor and they both burst out laughing when he pretended not to see her on the couch, priceless!
They still laugh at that night some forty odd years later!
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