I Caved...

I don't love Halloween...I don't even really like Halloween.  My imagination is active enough without needing to see people dressed up as zombie's, crazies, ax murderer's, etc.  If Halloween was limited to certain types of costume's maybe I would like it a little more, but even then I don't really care for masks in general.  I also don't like how sexualized some of the costumes are for young kids these days...but that's a whole different soapbox discussion in and of itself.

So, back to THIS Halloween.  About a month ago (because he's much more organized and thinks about things more in advance than I do) Mustang came home with a Halloween costume for Buttercup...and I decided because I don't really like Halloween and because I thought that it was silly to dress her up this year as she would never remember it that we should just return the costume and save the money.

Then Halloween got closer.  And I started feeling very Grinch-like.  So, this past weekend I decided that Buttercup really did need a Halloween costume...I thought it would be a fun reason to go over to our neighbors to say hi and TAKE them a treat as a thank-you for being such great neighbors.

The costume itself was 50% off, but once I got the black turtleneck onesie, black leggings and black socks (we re-used the cute white and black shoes she wore for a wedding a week ago) the total costume rang in at $25.  All the 'extras' can now be added to her wardrobe and we can keep the lady-bug outfit for a future dress up bin, but I'm taking suggestions now for ideas on inexpensive Halloween costumes for next year! 

I still am not crazy about Halloween, but I do have to admit that I sure am glad that I caved.  Much love folks!
~ The Woman With 4 First Names