Costume Shopping

I should know better by now. Never take your 4 year old shopping for their own costume. Two years ago we went shopping for a princess costume. She had talked about it for weeks, but once we got to the store she saw an Elmo costume and she wouldn't let me leave without it. Last year she wanted to be Dora, so I went and bought it for her. She was so cute in her little yarn wig!

So...this year she wanted to be Gabriella from High School Musical. Easy, right? Not so much. Little did I know there would be 3 different options, a cute little red dress from the 1st movie, a hoodie and shorts outfit from the 2nd movie, and a cute little white dress from the 3rd movie.

She insisted on the outfit with shorts. Of course the shorts are cheap looking and the hoodie is very thin. This was the costume she couldn't live without. Seriously!!! She didn't want the adorable red dress with a wig that we could buy really cute shoes to wear with...NO! She didn't want the cute little white dress that we could also get cute shoes for, as well as a neat microphone...NO! She wanted the cheap looking shorts and hoodie!

The picture below looks a lot better than the costume I now have hanging in our laundry room. Next year I think I'll just find out what she wants and get it without her.

I know I'm terrible...but at least I got her the costume SHE wanted. And I do think she will still look adorable. We are going to curl her hair some like Gabriella's and I'm trying to find her some cute flip flops (not easy this time of year). I hope it's not too cold on Halloween or she will have to wear the dreaded nude pantyhose. Do they even make them in her size?



Hopefully Luke's costume will be easier. He wants to be Indiana Jones. At least he does right now...we haven't gone shopping for his costume yet!