where have all the good ones gone?

I was reading a friend's blog about how she was trying to get ready for her kid's Halloween costume for this year and I felt vindicated that I wasn't the only one who felt the need to have the costume picked out and bought before Sept 1st. Well....for the past 2 years the Children's Place has not let us down for cute cute costumes that fit well, looked like the age they were intended and weren't over $40. This year I am sad to say, they have let me down big time. Every little girl's costume I can find ANYWHERE is some disney marketed princess, way too hot animal fleece deal, or something so slutty even Brittney Spears would be embarassed to wear it. I mean - give me a break people!!! My only real option this year is the cute fairy costume from Gymboree, but give me a break - I am not paying $70 for that outfit!! Ughhh....abby loves anything involving a tutu and still wears last year's tutu and waves the wand around. The issue is that it's so hot at Halloween...i did end up @ CP the day before Hllwn last year and got her one of the warm costumes for like $10, but for daytime dress up events she wore the princess/fairy something or other from CP...she loved it. She wore the skunk costume only on Hllwn night cause it ended up being kind of cold. I am thinking of skipping the costume all together, making her an awsome tutu and putting her in her gymnastics leotard. Add a crown and a wand and she will be in heaven! Even if she ends up trick or treating at the medical center:-( I love the fall and I love all the different events surrounding Halloween. Hopefully she'll get to participate in lots of things this year and won't miss out due to Libby.