Ariel

 
 For Scarlett’s Birthday she got a Little Mermaid costume from Grandma Ruth.  The one that came in the mail, promptly lost its little Rhinestone with the picture of Ariel.  So I exchanged it, at Target, for a new one.  The second experienced a massive rip within an hour of wearing it.  I again returned it to Target, wrote a bad online review of the product and began looking for a new, better quality Ariel costume.  Seriously, I expect a $20 costume to last more than an hour!  I expect a $5 costume to last at least a day!

I looked at the $39.95 costumes at the Disney Store.  Which by the way, the store is way cool!  I can’t imagine how crazy the girls would go at actual Disney Land!  But that’s another story.  But, really?? $40 for a costume.  Seemed excessive, but Scarlett was quite sad about her costume ripping and me returning it.  I even contemplated letting her keep the ripped one.  I stumbled upon a website that was selling kids costumes for cheap with FREE shipping.  Quality costumes that retail for $48-$60 in October.  Here is Scarlett’s new “Deluxe” Little Mermaid costume.  I bought it for $20 — retail for $60.  October’s retailed for $48 — got it for $13.  At one point, in my online shopping cart, I had the Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Princess Tianna, and Cinderella.  I may have been in trouble if $100 in costumes showed up at the front door.  Jeff may have given the UPS driver a standing order to “return to sender” on all future packages.  I refrained and did only get the Little Mermaid but did email and text friends with little girls to alert them to the great deals!