I dragged my kids through CVS today, focused on a two-item shopping list: diapers and construction paper. I’m never going there with them again.
Do you realize how much candy is displayed in every aisle right now? School supplies include candy? Everything in this frickin’ store distracted and enticed my children. The diaper aisle featured a peppermint-scented Dora doll. In stationery? Spiderman birthday invitations. CVS, you are killing me. My children’s arms were loaded down with stuff they were picking off the shelves within three minutes of our arrival. (Mama Merit Badge earned — I did not buy anything besides the diapers and construction paper.)
Hit any drugstore this week and you’ll see that Halloween has started. The costume catalog that arrived in my mailbox occupied my son for hours over the course of the week. Therefore…
- allow me to refer you to The Rookie Mom’s Halloween Costume Guide to inspire your plans for dressing up babies or toddlers
- have a look at Marie’s first eBook, for sale now, Monster Mania: Crafts for Little Monsters. Best for ages 4+
- consider going half-way with the DIY route: this Etsy store sells costume kits that turn plain sweatsuits into irresistible Halloween costumes
I was just in CVS this morning and my daughter came to the check out with two fist fulls of skittles bags. She’s never even had skittles! And she didn’t have them today either. And incidentally we’ll be taking advantage of her unibrow this Halloween. A little Mexican dress and some pinned braids = FREIDA.
Loving the DIY costume kits… not loving the whole candy aspect of Halloween. I wonder if as my baby grows up I’ll be able to convice him that Halloween is a holiday where you get to visit the neighbors just to say hello and catch up, rather than to gather enough bad-for-you snacks to last until Christmas?
Thanks for the great ideas! I love those costume kits!!!
Please stop by my blog and enter some fun giveaways. I’ve got a really great one that’s ending today for a kid’s outfit valued at $113! I really need to get some more entries for it, so I’d really appreciate your help! And you have a good chance of winning too!!! 🙂
The waste involved with Halloween decorations makes me crazy! Not to mention the cheap costumes! I feel your pain!
Halloween in September is almost rational compared to the Christmas in August I encountered at Costco last week – seriously people, they had LOTS of fake trees, lights, red and green wrapping paper, and other assorted decorations for sale – not to mention they had seriously beefed up their toy selection.