ONCE UPON A LEPRECHAUN

I have decided that the way you dress influences what people think about you.

Duh, you say.

Allow further explanation, I say.

Today I noticed more people smiling at me. Walking into a doctor's office I'd pass a patient coming out. More than once the patient issued me an uncharacteristically friendly smile. I returned the gesture and kept walking. Each time. For it happened more than once.

Around the fourth or fifth person I began to wonder if I had breakfast on my face or in my hair. My approach to a mirror revealed that my appearance was food free.

Then I looked down at my feet. Good golly, I'd forgotten that I was wearing bright green patent leather heels. With buckles. Oh my, and my jacket displayed the exact same hue. I figured out right then why people were so smiley in my direction today.

They thought to themselves, That there is a lady leprechaun. Perhaps a grand grin will earn me a gold coin or two.

Now I very much regret leaving my gold coins at home today. I could have been a day-maker.