Happy Saturday! I just love Saturdays, don’t you? This Saturday is going to be spent relaxing, listening to various Pandora stations (The Eagles is on right now, and it is pretty great), writing a packing list for Tahoe (in 3 days, wooooot!) and hangs with Zack’s brother for dinner. They bought 40 lbs of chicken between the two of them. Yeah, I don’t know. Sometimes I just let him do his manly thing. I think it’s healthy for a marriage, right? Right.
So, this picture today is from Halloween a few years ago (ha) and involves my brothers and me in really awesome costumes. I mean, just check out the brother on the left (that’s Josh) in his beach towel. Yes, that is a beach towel. And my brother on the right (Jeremy) in his Levi’s. And then there’s me with my black outfit and little cat ears. I love that every single year, we were encouraged by my parents to get creative with our costumes. My parents never ever bought us costumes from the store. Never. I mean, I guess that was mostly because they were too expensive and we weren’t the wealthiest family on the block, but I love that we were taught to be creative and to use what we already had. And to this day, that is always what I have done each year, and I plan on doing the same thing with my kids. Plus, homemade costumes are just wayyyy better than the store-bought ones, you know? Especially when they involve beach towels.
What’s your favorite costume that you made yourself?
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omg katieeeee, this is sooo cute! you look so adorable!
xoxo Inna :)
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Hehe thank you, girl!! :)
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ahaha love the towel.. and old family photos. priceless :)
Aren’t old family photos the best? I never get sick of looking through them! :)
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Have fun in Tahoe ! How exciting!
Thanks, girl!! :) I’m soooo looking forward to it!
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I’m so glad I came across your darling blog! Love your outfits and you are beautiful! I’m your newest follower! I’d love you to drop by my blog, sweetcharli.blogspot.com
Aww thank you so much!! I’m glad you’re here, too! :)
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love the photo! I love how your parents encouraged you to get creative, something that doesn’t always happen now!
Thanks, girl! :) I know, it’s so important, too- I’m so glad my parents instilled creativity in me!
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I LOVE this picture. You guys are sooo cute! And yes, I totally noticed Josh’s beach towel, but it works!!! What were you dressed as?
Haha I love it, too!! I was a cat :)
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This picture is adorable! When I was younger I was a dalmatian for like..4 years straight. My mom actually made the costume, but I adored it! I tend to always make my costumes because I am a frugal beast.
Awww what a cute costume idea!! I love that your mom made it- how cool is that! Haha yayyy for being smart with your money! ;)
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This is so cute! And ohhh I am so with you. My family never bought costumes. There was only 1 time that mom paid for a costume and it was for my sister. She went to one house, got scared and refused to go anywhere else and Mom said never again haha. Me and my sister had quite a funny collection of costumes growing up. Like once my sister was Florence Nightingale and had to wear a nametag so people would know who she was. I had to do the same when I was Nancy Drew. But I think my favorite costume was my Poodle girl one or maybe the Pocahontas one(we have no pictures of it but I still have the necklace mom made for it!).
This comment in short form: homemade costumes rock.
I LOVE that you were Nancy Drew and your sister was Florence Nightingale!! Those are perfect. Love also that you used name tags! Agreed, 100%: homemade wins! :)
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