It was Monday . A new day . A new start to the week , I thought as I looked at myself through the free - standing mirror that sat beside my bedside . The thick gold framing around the mirror added beautifully to my room and paired well with the dark tones of the room . I decided to go for a black pencil skirt today but added a pair of thick stockings underneath since the cold had began to set in over the weekend that had past . I worked on tucking my cherry coloured blouse in to the waist band of the skirt before I added a thin black leather belt with a small gold embellishment where the clasp locked in front . I was pleased to notice that the dark circles that I had woken up with on Sunday morning had drastically disappeared from my resting the whole Sunday as a result of my horror . To