We were still sitting there chatting when the Mini drove into the drive, so Jen made another pot and Hamish and I helped Mum in with her shopping. The... I phoned Adrian to check on a few things that I’d forgotten to ask about.After lunch, we headed into the town centre for some last-minute purchases. Julie and I first went to Peatling and Cawdrons for a bottle of sherry for our hosts, and ended up buying three – another for Mum and Dad to enjoy while we were away, and one for the Baxters as a. It stretched all the way to the north pole but for reasons, no one has been able to explain didn't pass below the 110th southern parallel. Everyone it touched transformed into a half-human/half-animal "furry". Bodies, arms, and hands resemble those of a human being, but with the tail and head of an animal. (Except that their whole bodies were covered in fur, feathers, or scales as appropriate to their animal side, and everyone has binocular vision like a human and all their parts are sized for. Then there 6 more dresses of different styles. I did manage to get three pant suits at $3000 a piece. They chose two designer named jackets that could be mixed and matched with several outfits for $5000.I kept asking myself what the difference was between a 200 dollar pant suit and one that cost $3000. I never could come up with an answer.‘ “You cannot wear the same outfit to all those events” Jenny replied to my questions. “No, you cannot go in camo,”“Every party there will require a different. " Tony, I've heard so much about you," the woman said. She stood and held out her hand. "I can see all of it's true."I wondered if I could go home, get back in bed, and pull the covers over my head until Monday.It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for the middle of November. I'd spent the morning working on a term paper for history. It wasn't due until the end of January, but why wait for the last minute? I'd written a great conclusion; now I just had to find enough facts to support it.I didn't.