Summary

Once Elizabeth returns home, she feels compelled on occasion to return to the Addition Elle shop that she had spent so much time in previous to her weight loss. She enters to find familiar displays filled with animals and sequins that she had once hated so much. The stereo still plays variations of songs involving women and Elizabeth reminisces her way around the racks. A saleswoman offers assistance, but Elizabeth tells her she is just looking. She and her mother had spent countless hours shopping together in this store, but the saleswoman doesn’t recognize or remember her. Now, in fact, they take in her size and shape and question why she’s chosen their shop to browse in.

Elizabeth grabs a few dresses randomly and is headed to the fitting room when she sees a calf-length velvet blue dress with rhinestone...