They walked around the store for a couple of minutes, and the old man told her to pick any coat she wanted, and it was hers.

They made their way to the register to make the purchase. The clerk was quite impressed, gave the old man a wink, and rang up the coat. The total came to $13,987, and the man said it was no problem and asked if he could write a check. Well, the clerk had no problem taking a check except for the fact that it was late on a Friday evening, and banks were closed so the check could not be verified.
"I'll have to hold the coat here until Monday when we can verify the check, will that be a problem?", asked the clerk.
"Not at all," the old man replied. "I certainly understand, and I'll be back Monday to pick it up. Thank you so much!" And off they went...
......tick, tock, tick, tock, (the passage of time, about 3 days)
Monday afternoon, the old man returns to the store, and when the clerk sees him, he just gives the old man a scowl.
"Sir, you have a lot of gumption coming back in here. Your check wasn't worth a plug nickel!"
The old man replied with a gleam in his eye, "Oh, I know that, I just wanted to come in and thank you for one helluva weekend!"