Brenda was standing in front of the mirror and she was not happy.
First a little back story. As a 19 year old, first year college student and daughter of a single mom money was always tight. In addition to her studies she was working two jobs to make ends meet. One job was waitressing at a small mom and pop type restaurant on Friday and Saturday nights. Most of the restaurant's clients were older types and were pretty consistent about tipping fifteen percent, unfortunately the restaurant didn't do a lot of volume.
Her roommate had suggested she get a job at a popular eatery near the business part of town where she could make a lot more in tips, but Brenda didn't want to have to wear the outfit the place supplied.
That place's decor was done up like a tropical island and the waitresses were required to wear bikini tops and skin-tight shorts cut high in the back.
Since she had started her transformation into a woman at an early age and since that change had gifted her with pair of boobs that attracted attention the way celebrities attract fans, she had endured a lot of teasing and mean spirited pranks. Being forced to wear a bikini top for someone with a chest her size around a lot of people who were drinking didn't seem like much fun.
Then she had talked to a couple of girls who worked there and while they did say that they made substantial tips, their stories of guys grabbing their asses and drunks trying to pull off their tops made her decision to stay where she was much easier.
Her other job was working as a caregiver for mentally challenged twelve year old girl whenever her parents needed a babysitter. This usually worked to be two of three times a weeks.
Brenda had been leery about working with Amy in the beginning, but discovered she loved Amy's innocence and enjoyment of life. Amy could find happiness in the smallest things. Watching a spider walk across the floor would totally captivate her. Seeing how each leg played it's part in the spider's travel amazed her.
The great thing for Brenda was that she was drawn into Amy's world of wonder and found herself being caught up in the wonder of simple things too.
The one thing she had to be very careful about was not to startle Amy. Amy needed time to ease into any experience. Whenever anything surprised Amy she tended to freeze up and it could take thirty minutes to an hour to calm her down. However once the experience was over she went right back to her happy, cheerful self.
It was this interaction with Amy that drove Brenda to decide to get her degree in the field of mentally challenged care.
Now getting back to why Brenda was unhappy looking in the mirror.
Approaching Christmas break her laptop of died and even with two jobs the cost of replacing it would be tough. She didn't want to ask her mom for help because she knew that with the expenses of the holiday approaching she knew her mom wouldn't be able to help financially.
Brenda was lucky in that her roommate, Carrie, had an old laptop and was a computer nerd type, Carrie had been able to transfer the data from Brenda's dead laptop.
Unfortunately Carrie had promised to donate the old laptop to a charity and therefore Brenda needed to get a replacement as soon as possible.
As time was running out Carrie had come running into their dorm room with great news. The owners of the computer shop where she worked part-time had mentioned that they wanted to do something like having a Santa Claus in the store to talk to kids during the final week before Christmas, but there were already seven Mr. Clauses and three Mrs. Clauses manning booths in the mall.
Carrie had made the suggestion that they should get the Claus' granddaughter to man their store. She had pointed out that most of their customers were younger adults and teenagers. The ones with kids would probably enjoy a more contemporary type character.
The owners had agreed with her suggestion and Carrie had told them her roommate would be prefect. She had talked it over with the owners and gotten them to agree that if Brenda was the right match they would trade her a nice used laptop they had in the store for her posing as Miss Claus.
Carrie ended saying that it was a perfect match. The store got it's unique attraction and Brenda got a replacement laptop for no charge.
The next day Brenda joined Carrie at the computer store. During her interview with the owners Brenda couldn't miss their noticing her oversize breasts, but since they weren't blatant about it like some people she didn't let it bother her.
When the three finished their discussion Brenda had agreed to be their new spokes-model. She would only need to be there for two hours Monday through Thursday evenings since Christmas was on Saturday and the mall would be closing earlier than usual on Friday. This worked out well since she needed to be at the restaurant on Friday anyway.
Before she left she gave them her body measurement so they could get a "Miss Claus" outfit made.
Carrie bought the outfit home with her the Saturday before Brenda was to begin her new job. However since Brenda was already at her waitressing job she didn't get to see it that day. On Sunday Brenda was with Amy all day since her parents needed to go out of town for the day. Monday Brenda was involved with her classes and homework so it wasn't until she actually arrived at the computer store and tried it on in the store's bathroom that she got her first look at the outfit.
The dress was made of crushed red velour cloth with a white fur trim around the bottom which ended well above the halfway point between her hips and knees. That might have made her change her mind about going through with it, but she discovered the box also contained a pair of matching red shorts so even if the hem of the dress was lifted she would still be covered.
At the waist line there was a three inch wide, black leather belt.
It was the top of the dress that concerned her the most. Looking in the mirror she could see that at the top the red material only came about halfway up her boobs. Additionally the center was cut downward in a V shape. Along the sides the top dipped down as it traveled backwards.
If that had been all she never would have considered going through with it, however a band of matching white fur had been sown along the top edge. The band started out at the zipper in the center of the back. At that point it was about a half an inch wide. As the band of fur came around towards the front it widened. At it's widest point where it topped out above her nipples it was approximately three inches wide. From there it quickly tapered as it dove down to the bottom of the V.
Brenda had left her brasserie on when she tried on the dress, but it was obvious that she would have to wear the costume without it.
Brenda almost had a heart attack with Carrie burst into the room. She could have sworn that she had locked the door.
Carrie took one look at Brenda and announced what Brenda had already realized, the bra had to go.
With Carrie hurrying her since it was almost time for her to make her appearance, Brenda had Carrie unzip the dress and unclip her bra.