Huh? What did the clerk say or ask, exactly? I had a similar experience buying lipstick once for a craft project. Neither I nor the store had red candles, and I wanted to make an old fashioned seal with an imprint.

The smirking clerk, who I was slightly acquainted with and had joked around with before, asked "That for you?" I replied, "Yep, I looked fabulous in this shade!," and sashayed my fanny right out the door.

Jeff