"Hmm" Carrie pondered over their options, looking over the rows and rows of potential costumes. "Let's pick costumes for each other! How's that sound?"
John shrugged, "That's fine. Just... Don't pick anything TOO weird."
Carrie giggled, "No promises! Okay, you wait here and I'll find yours, then you can pick mine! That way we can both surprise each other!" She then waved a quick goodbye and ducking into one of the aisles. Past suits for cats, dogs, birds, alligators... Each type of animal on its own rotating rack, with dozens of colors of suit. "Wow, they really have everything!" She thought to herself "But what would be good for John..." A few steps further and her eyes landed on a suit that made her eyes widen in anticipation. Quickly she pulled it off the rack and looked it over.
It was a brown, fuzzy suit with a huge bushy tail. The tag on the costume read "Tree Squirrel". To her surprise, however, there was no mask to go with the costume! In fact, none of them seemed to have them. But her mind was made up, she bundled up the costume and hid it behind her back as she started back towards the receptionist. "Your turn, John!"
"That was quick!" John smirked, "Now I'm worried about what you picked for me."
"Aw, you're nuts!" Carrie giggled, "But what are you waiting for? Go, go! Hurry up and find something for me to wear!" Carrie shood John down the aisle while keeping one hand behind her back.
"Okay, okay." John walked down the same aisle as Carrie, seeing the same suits and racks. Eyeing through them, he saw a handful of good candidates. "Mouse would be cute, though Carrie is already short enough. Fox would be pretty great too, but that's maybe too obvious... Although." He stopped as he pulled a new costume down, "I am a fan of the classics." He looked over what he had grabbed, a soft, orange, white and black suit with a long tail. "Cat. Easy enough!" He bundled up the costume to hold it behind his back as Carrie did before returning to her.
"Ooh! Okay, let's see what we got for each other!" Carrie beamed with excitement. John smiled nervously, worried what Carrie may have gotten for him.
"Okay, well, here's yours..." John held out the cat suit for her, holding it by the shoulders so she could get a full look at it.
"Me-ow! I can't wait to try it on!" Carrie then held out her pick for John, "Here's what I picked for you, dear!"
"That's not a deer, that's..." John looked at the suit, its long, bushy tail flopping down to the floor. "A squirrel suit?"
"Hope you like it!" Carrie thrust the costume into his arms, snatching away the cat suit. "Now let's get into costume!"