Extremely Belated

Last summer, during Amanda's visit to New Jersey, we stopped into the local Hot Topic for the express purpose of getting cool shoelaces for Amanda's boots. While inside, Amanda found a shirt with a picture of Chewbacca, captioned "Let the Wookiee Win," and expressed a desire to have one of her own. She had directed me to prevent her from purchasing anything besides shoelaces, however, and she walked out with only shoelaces.

Fast forward a few weeks. I'm in the mall with Mom and mention casually that Amanda liked the wookiee shirt. "Why don't you get it for her birthday?" suggested Mom, and I did.

Fast forward a few more weeks. I see Amanda at dinner wearing a "Let the Wookiee Win" shirt. I haven't yet given her the one I bought her. Fuck.

Fast forward to Amanda's birthday. I give Amanda the "Let the Wookiee Win" shirt I bought for her, with the promise to return it and get her another shirt. She agrees to the exchange, and begins looking for a suitable replacement shirt.

Fast forward to present day. Amanda still hasn't found a suitable replacement shirt. Actually, that's not entirely true: she has found several suitable replacement shirts, but there have been minor problems (permanently sold out, sold only in XL) with each.

It's now been over five months since the initial disappointment, and I'm starting to feel kinda bad. Amanda is looking specifically for a shirt featuring Dream from Neil Gaiman's Sandman, in size Medium. Can anyone point me in the direction of such shirts?

March 03, 2003 - 08:38 AM