If you’ve been trying unsuccessfully to use our checkout today (timing out, getting error messages), it’s because Yahoo Merchant Solutions (the server and checkout system we use for our store) has been experiencing massive outages. We’re not sure yet why this is happening or when it will be fixed, but Yahoo is frantically working on it! Meanwhile, …

We are a year-round costume shop. Our brick and mortar store is not one of those temporary stores that close up shop literally the day after Halloween … we are here the whole year for all the costume parties, sorority and fraternity swaps (we’re in a college town), masquerade balls, Christmas parades, children’s theater plays, dance …