30.10.06 what i’m not wearing for halloween

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Last weekend, the Scotsmontonian and I were walking down Whyte avenue in Edmonton when suddenly, something caught my eye in a shop window.

Actually, it wasn’t in the shop window, it was in the shop but I saw it through the window. Actually, it was on the farthest wall of the shop, but I managed to bionically zoom in on it through the window. I couldn’t believe it. It was my long-lost treasure of childhood. Something I’d been dreaming of finding again for the past 26 years: the perfect Wonder Woman costume.

26 years ago, at the tender age of eight, I outgrew the Wonder Woman costume my mom had lovingly made me. I’ve been wanting another one ever since. Lightspeedmom says I waited impatiently (duh) by the sewing machine. All I remember is that it had straps on the bustier, which was incorrect, but mom wisely wouldn’t have it any other way.

I quickly broke my “I’ll-never-do-the-girlfriend-thing-of-making-you-wait-as-I-try-on-clothes” promise to the Scotsmontonian and swiftly dragged him into the shop. Minutes later, the last costume was taken off the mannequin, tried on and bought. I was as happy as when I was seven.

The previous day, Justice League Heroes had come out and the Scotsmontonian purchased it for us. This is a game in which you get to be various superheroes, including Wonder Woman. So I got to play Wonder Woman, dressed like Wonder Woman.

I’ve since returned from Edmonton and have hung the costume among my normal clothes in the closet. There something intensely cool about seeing it hang there, like Diana Prince’s laundry day.

Morals: it doesn’t have to be Halloween to dress up like Wonder Woman, and like the guy says, it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Again.

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  1. Comment by zura on 31.10.06 at 7:57 pm

    What an excellent story! I of course, fully support the “alter-ego clothing in the normal closet” thing.

  2. Comment by the milliner on 31.10.06 at 10:38 pm

    hey! I was Wonder Woman for Hallowe’en when I was eight too! And my costume had straps too! Inevitable, I guess,when you’re an eight-year-old girl. Man I loved that costume. We should compare photos :)… if I can find one…

    Freaky…

  3. Comment by Me: The Sequel on 01.11.06 at 12:47 pm

    My costume? I always go as nudist… :P

  4. Comment by Martin on 04.11.06 at 8:47 pm

    Cool! 2 words: got pics?

  5. Comment by Maddox on 20.06.07 at 9:39 pm

    Hmm, girl with Wonder Woman costume hanging in the closet….Marry me lol

  6. Comment by hollie on 10.07.08 at 10:26 pm

    please tell me where I, too, can find this perfect wonder woman costume!

    i was wonder woman for halloween as a child, too. i’ve been on the hunt for the perfect w.w. costume for years now, as an adult. the only ones i’ve found look cheap. i don’t want a skirt, i don’t want a cheap looking costume.

    please tell me who made the costume you bought. i live in the states, so i wouldn’t be able to get to scotland for a costume. if you know the name of the boutique you bought it in, maybe i could contact them.

    thank you!

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