The original costume was cute, but it was literally falling apart when I took it out of the packaging. Lace was coming off the bottom of the tutu (which I ended up completely taking off) and the costume didn't exactly look like the packing said it would (bogus). Which was surprising since I didn't order it from some unknown costume Web site, but from Target.com. In the past I've ordered her costume from Diapers.com, but I didn't see anything there this year. Anyway, I was surprised that Target would distribute such a low-quality product. But who am I kidding -- MOST Halloween costumes are low-quality.
So I didn't fret (nor did I have the energy or time to deal with griping and returning), but I knew I couldn't count on that little flimsy bumblebee costume to make it through the rest of our fall festivities. So I went to Target store to look for something similar (and of better quality). I want to dress M in cute general stuff before she starts asking for things (like characters) specifically. When she was 10 months old, she was a lion. Last year she was a gnome. This year I was so excited for her to be a bumblebee, but I couldn't find another bumblebee costume in the store. I was surprised to find a Princess Tiana costume (they were sold out all over the Web). The one I found was flimsy and a size too big, so something told me to check out the toy section where they sell the dress-up stuff for little girls. Whaddya know -- I found a better Princess Tiana dress that was LESS EXPENSIVE than the costume. Yeah!
I didn't feel so bad having to buy a second costume because I knew she'd love to wear that one around the house. The only thing about that is it may not be in a decent condition to put up for her little sister to wear one day. I'm not preggo, but I have saved all of M's costumes for Baby #2. If it's a girl, she can wear all of M's costumes, but if it's a boy, he can only wear the lion costume from two years ago. Either way, I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when I think of using a costume for a second time with a new baby. :)
Anyway, I'm sure you woke up this morning wanting to hear all about our costume issues -- not! -- so let me share some pics I took of M last week before her school's fall festival.
She's so funny -- she insisted that she needed to touch the pumpkins and flowers in order to take the pic.
It was only fitting that she took Princess Tiana for Show 'n Tell that day, too.
She had a great time at her class' fall festival party. :) We went to a couple of fall activities this weekend that I've set to post on Tuesday and Thursday. Pics to come of M on her first hayride, seeing Plex from YoGabbaGabba, and her night at Boo at the Zoo.
Have a great week!
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