scored

...white gloves at NY Apparel, and at the Goodwill a block down on Haight St, ( a purse )

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Also, apropos of nothing, once again jgcr has correctly predicted my taste in reading as I am completely enthralled by Cryptonomicon.

also...

just put in the contact lenses, per advice to wear them for shorter intervals working up to several hours on halloween -- they are slightly uncomfortable, and obscure vision just a titch, but probably blinking a lot will go with the whole look :)