The Year I Dressed Up As My Favorite Condiment
How is it already November 4th?
I ran into Trader Joe’s for milk and eggs this morning and the 99cent Christmas advent calendars are out, the candy cane green tea is on the shelves and the Thanksgiving staples are stacked up high! Turkey Day is 3 weeks from Thursday…
Halloween was celebrated here for what seems like weeks with a church trunk-or-treat outing mid-October, the school Fall Festival the following week and the piece de resistance last Friday night. Not to mention the school costume parade on the morning of October 31st, too.
As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t really give too much thought to the kids’ costumes. As a matter of fact, I picked up a Michelangelo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume for Holden last year at Target for 90% off {$2} and he was thrilled with it for this year. Elliott wanted to be Wednesday Addams which I thought was brilliant. I started my hunt for a white collared shirt, black dress and striped tights when I came across a darling {dead bride} costume at Ross for $12.99. It was different and well made so I picked it up and she ended up loving it so that is what we went with for her this year. I guess that means I have 12 months to procure the proper Wednesday Addams attire!
For truck-or-treat I literally went into the dress up box and pulled out two super hero costumes. Bam. Easy.
{the fall festival wasn’t ready for this motley crew}
{apparently pizza isn’t the only thing TMNT’s like to eat}
I wanted them to participate in the school parade, obviously, but tried to keep the costumes simple. Elliott begged me to take her to Party City for these suspenders and I found a cute “nerdy” math equation tee at Old Navy for under $3. Holden decided to don an old AYSO jersey and go as David Beckham. Done and done.
{a friend’s older teenage daughter did Elliott’s make-up for Halloween night}
The Tuesday before Halloween I needed some serious hocus pocus to come up with a costume for me. A friend posted a Sriracha costume on Facebook awhile ago that was from Target. I checked my local Targets for it with no luck and then decided to try Target.com. I found it on sale, but had to pay expedited shipping to guarantee it here for trick-or-treatin’. I ordered it on Tuesday and it was at my door the next afternoon…
{the best $8 I’ve ever spent ~ I’ll wear it for years to come}
That’s about it, folks. We managed to carve a couple pumpkins and Elliott decorated one for the contest at school…
{Elliott’s “Girly Pumpkin”}
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Is it just me or does it seem like after Halloween, the holidays are downhill from here?
Fasten your seatbelt.
