Maddie’s Costume
I forgot to write a follow-up piece about what Maddie finally decided to be for Halloween! James and I took her to the store so she could look at the costumes in person. Out of all the princess costumes, pirate costumes, ladybugs, bees, fairies, cartoon characters, etc., she decided that she wanted to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. She has never seen this movie before and we were surprised she even knew what it was. We tried the costume on her and she was super cute in it, but it was $30 and non-returnable and we were still 3 weeks away from Halloween. Gasp! We left the store without buying the costume, but we did buy Tinkerbell shoes for her Tinkerbell dress she already has. You would be surprised at how hard it is to find Tinkerbell shoes!
Over the following week, I looked around on the internet to see if I could find the costume for less and I also wanted to make sure she didn't change her mind... again. We took her to Party City one night and had her look at the giant board with all the costumes on it. She could have picked out any costume she wanted. She picked Dorothy... again. We said she could try it on but that she could also pick another costume to try on as well. Nope, she didn't want to try on anything else. She wanted to be Dorothy. So we tried it on and she loved it. And, I had a coupon! Yippee! And, this Dorothy costume was very sparkly. Super cute and totally her. Complete with two braids in her hair and ruby red sparkly shoes from Target which she now wears everywhere. Great choice Maddie!