Bijou's Boutique

I love this store as far as their merchandise is concerned. Their clothes are definitely not my issue with the store -- they have beautiful quality merchandise (although awfully pricey). My issue is with the very pushy sales staff. They are constantly breathing down my neck, bringing one item after another to my attention (and usually not my style), and when I'm in the dressing room trying items on they're never more than a few feet away constantly asking how things are going and pushing other items on me. I'm a women who knows what she likes so I don't need a lot of "help" when I'm shopping and if I do I'll ask. I was looking for a dress there the other day appropriate for a ballroom dance outing and narrowed it down to two (both $199). I mentioned that I needed to check out a few other options before comitting to one of the two dresses, but that I would likely be back. The sales woman immediately went from overly attentive to quite snarky. Her tone turned to very irritated and she commented to the effect of why do I need more choices, that I should be able to pick from the ones in their store. When I'm spending that kind of money, I think I owe it to myself to examine my options and look around a bit and get something I like but at the best value. I loved the dresses I chose at Bijou's, but not the price. I wanted to see if I could find something a little less expensive, and the sales clerk tried working a guilt trip on me; however, it backfired. Before the attitude, I had every intention of going back if I couldn't find a winner elsewhere. After the attitude, I decided no way was I going to drop $200 there. She lost out on a pretty good sale all because of an attitude of entitlement if you will -- how dare I look somewhere else! So I left the disgruntled sales person and went looking elsewhere. I actually found something I liked almost as much and for only $79, but by that time was very irritated with the whole experience and decided to go with something already in my own closet and save some money. I won't say that I'll never go back there (I like their merchandise), but it will likely be a while before I'm ready to spend my hard-earned money in their establishment again.