I break the darndest stuff.. Went to play around with new skins in Cuthbert costumes and found this: when a skin change is performed and the char removed from party (which seems like it needs to be done quickly), the last item tag mouse-over in the party sheet of the char being transferred out stays on screen. I was changing my dwarven priest skin and clicking pretty fast when it happened. Everything goes away if you exit and re-enter the costume shop. There is also a perceptible item refresh? right at the moment after skin change, which is prolly triggering all this farce. Hope it helps.