"...Well, she did say they have period wear. The Reenactment Society has their thing coming up, right?" John offered.
"Oh, yeah! That should be fun!" Katie exclaimed.
As all good couples do, John and Katie shared certain interests, and one of them was historical reenactment. Katie introduced John to it, and he thought that it was pretty cool, so they were both in it to stay. Neither of them was especially hardcore (John never remembered to take off his modern-looking wristwatch, and Katie had almost gotten kicked out for talking on her cell phone once), but they weren't noobs either, and they were both members of their metropolitan area's Historical Reenactment Society, which staged a variety of events through the year.
They looked through the aisles for the sign for period wear, and it wasn't hard to find. It said "PERIOD WEAR" in big, blocky letters, superimposed over what seemed to be a clock, over a caption reading "Makes History Come Alive!" John shrugged at the tackiness of it, and followed Katie into the aisle, where she was already browsing excitedly. He began to look through as well.
There was a huge variety. It seemed like there were things from every era. More popular times, like Renaissance gowns and doublets, Civil War uniforms (and bonnets for the ladies), and Roman togas, along with more obscure ones like Aztec headdresses and kente cloth dashikis from Africa, and all the costumes looked real. There were even some suits of armor at the end of the aisle that looked like they were made of real metal. He thought to himself that all of these must be way out of their price range, especially considering their upcoming vacation, so he began looking at price tags... and they were all dirt cheap.
"Hey, honey, these costumes are all a lot less expensive than they look, do you think there might be something wrong with them?" John asked his girlfriend, but she laughed.
"Wrong? No, these are perfect for next week's..."