I’ve never been a big Halloween person. Your costume is
either lame, time consuming or expensive and I’m not a fan of any of those
things. I became more of a fan of Halloween when Brinkley came into my life and
I could dress him for the same price as a child since they are nearly the same
size.
Brinkley spent his first Halloween acting like a bronco.
Video and pictures here:
The lesson I learned from Halloween 2011? Brinkley doesn’t
like things on his head.
Halloween 2012 came around the corner REAL fast. My
boyfriend, Brandon, mentioned that Target had dog costumes for a Wide Retriever
and a Rufferee. This made perfect sense for Brinkley who is a golden and Ein
who is a hound who makes too much noise. It was also cute because it would
basically be a couples costume for them which I LOVE but Brandon refuses to do
for us. These shirts were $7 and seemed like such a simple and inexpensive
solution.
Mission Find Wide Retriever and Rufferee Costumes (Mission
FWRARC) began.
Target 1: We found a medium of the Rufferee costume. Ein is
still a puppy so that should work. Check. Wide Retrievers costumes out of
stock.
Target 2: Large and XL Wide Retriever costumes out of stock.
(P.S. This is where a normal person would have given up.)
A pit stop was taken to get some lunch and for Ein to try on
his costume. Yep. Too Small. It is now noted that Ein is not at small as we
think. Will he ever be Brinkley’s size? No. Will he ever be small? No.
Target 3: Neither a Large of the Rufferee or an XL of the
Wide Retriever costume were in stock.
Target 4: Neither in stock. Mission FWRARC failed. We
decided to see what other dog costumes were in stock. We settled with Ein being
a hot dog since he is a complete hog when it comes to food. It also fit his
silly personality. For Brinkley? I had a sad “whatever, this will work” moment
and grabbed a shark costume. Why? Because he likes to swim. I know, it’s a
stretch.
We went home to try out the dog costumes. Ein’s worked
wonderfully. Brinkley’s XL Shark Costume was too short on his body and then
there was one of those “this doesn’t look nearly as good as the picture”
moments.
Which reminds me of….
My Halloween enthusiasm was gone.
(Insert sad part of movie where people are alone and trying to find out life's meaning.)
A week before Halloween, I was at a Target picking up a few
things and walked by an isle with all the dog costumes. Shining right in the
middle of the display was an XL Wide Retriever costume. Cue angels singing.
Being a completely logical person, I immediately disregarded
the fact that I had already spent $7 on a Rufferee costume that didn’t fit and
$12 on a shark costume I was unimpressed with. I snatched the XL and walked
merrily to check out.
I received a text from my brother that he wanted to have a
Halloweenie Bash for all the dogs to show off their costumes on the 31st.
This made me feel better about my waste of money. At least there would be a
“legitimate” reason for Brinkley to wear his shirt.
Overall, Halloween wasn’t bad. I didn’t buy an expensive
costume, or spend a lot of time on something I’d only wear once. That probably
puts me in the “lame” category but at least the dogs were cool.
Note: On November 1st, Brandon came up with the
best costume for Ein. Yep, he came up with the perfect costume the day after Halloween. So now you have 364 days to prepare for
FRANKEN-EIN!
Pictures below of the Halloweenie bash.