Le temps de nuit des sorcières, les gens!

(Halloween time, people!)

I don't know what the French call Halloween. I guess that's what the ole internet machine is for.

So, Halloween is a big deal in my house. Correction: Halloween is a big deal to me. Everyone in the house just plays along. Of course the kids always get excited about the candy.

A couple of months ago, I started grilling my kids as to what they wanted to be for Halloween. Every time, I either got "I don't know" or a different idea each time.

My conversation with the boy:

Me - "Oh! Do you want to be Tin Tin?"

Boy - "Ummmmm. no." He's always afraid of disappointing me.

Me - "The Doctor again?" Re-use. Yes! Re-use.

Boy - "Ummmm." This wasn't going well.

Me - "What's that boy's name on Gravity Falls?"

Boy - "Dipper!!! Yes! I want to be Dipper!"

Me - "Okay!"

 Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls.

It turns out, Gravity Falls is this hilarious, mystery cartoon on Disney XD. Okay, Dipper wears this signature hat with a pine tree on it. I got mine from Zazzle.com. I had a $6 credit from selling items I had created on the website. They also offered a 30-day trial of Zazzle Black that included free standard shipping, and I used a 15% off coupon code. Spent $6 and change on the trucker hat. Working with Zazzle can be a real pain for us fangirls, because if they even get a whiff of something that may ever so slightly hint at copyright infringement, they put the kibosh on it. I made buttons that said "Bowties are cool." I sold quite a few before they removed my items from my store. Jerks. I say this because when I went to the site just now to nab a pic of the blue pine tree hat, they had removed all of them. I think they just monitor my account. This is what I got.

Pretend it's royal blue. Curse you, Zazzle!!!

Next, I needed a Navy blue puffer vest. I found one on ebay for $.99 with one bid, so I bid on it. $1.24. Sweet! $3.75 shipping. I would get through this Halloween on the cheap! Just before the auction ended, someone sniped me and got the vest for $3.25. Grrrr! I did another search and found one on something called Blain's farm and field or something. $18 later...

At least he'll be able to wear it all winter.

Boy has brown shorts, white socks, black sneakers. I just need to hop over to Hobby Lobby and grab one of these for $5.

Costume completion @ $29. Not as cheap as I would like. The girl is next.

Dream outfit update: I got the notice in the mail to pick up my red plaid jacket!