This is a Story About a Woman Who Dressed Like a Surgeon for Halloween in 2019

This woman is me. I had waited until the last minute (as usual) and was struggling to come up with a costume. Time was running out so I looked through my costume box to see what I might be able to pull together that would be good enough for the party I was going to that night. Miraculously, I found some-blood stained scrubs from many Halloweens ago that still fit. I was delighted when I realized the entire costume could be pulled together with just a short trip to Walgreens.

​I left the store with:

• one box of gloves
• one box of face masks
• one tube of fake blood

And with that, I was Halloween-ready.
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​It felt wasteful buying an entire box of face masks when I only needed the one for the costume. I could easily imagine other uses for the gloves and since they’re not perishable, it didn’t feel like a problem.

“But, face masks?" I thought,"How would I ever get through an entire box of these???”

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