I love that I get to experience the excitement of Halloween all over again with my kids. Harrison had his party at school today. It was a good dry run for the ghost costume I managed to pull together with advanced beginner sewing skills. After contemplating buying more accessories–a chain, perhaps?—I decided enough was enough. simpler is better afterall. I cut a hole in a thrift store sheet and sewed some extra tulle-like fabric underneath for a little lift and flow. The hat is basically two semicircles of white fleece sewn together. The spooky spiders are hot glued on.

Goody bags for the class were wrapped in a square of thrift store gingham. H. carefully added cheery faces to my ghosts. Inside was a healthy Clif kids bar, a monster Stabilo pen and some foam stickers. I think I spent less than a buck a kid!!

Recently I have noticed people going all out for Halloween in the decor department. In our neighborhood you could practically do a tour of lights just like at Christmas time. While I am not quite into that, it is nice to do a bit more than a single lit jack-o-lantern in the window(remember when that was it?) My solution was 4 bucks! I swapped pumpkins for our wilting flowers in our front boxes. The plentiful asparagus ferns should hold up for a few more weeks—hopefully until Halloween.

This guy was a recent $2.50 thrifting find—I thought it looked a little moody and perfect for the season. I saw a woman pick it up and say, “ugh, horrible.” Taste is a funny thing, isn’t it. I am glad she hated it, because now its mine!!