The Dress

Husband M and I went to a Christmas party last weekend at the home of some friends we've known for a very long time.  The food was very good, it was a potluck supper.  One of the ladies there, she would be in her early to mid-sixties, remembered when she worked at the old Eaton's department store in the eighties or earlier.  She worked in the section where they sold very expensive dresses.  It is common knowledge that some women would purchase an expensive dress, wear it with the tag tucked inside and return it to the store soon after.  Maybe people still do this.  One particular lady had bought a dress and came in complaining she broke out in hives after wearing it.  Her money was refunded.  The manager sent the dress out to be tested.  They discovered it had traces of formaldehyde!  It seems the dress had been used on a deceased person for a visitation!  It must have been returned and the dress was sold to this other person.  Can you imagine?