Costume Shopping!

Every year I dress up the pugs for their annual Halloween photo. I have been thinking for awhile what the costumes should be this year. The other day I finally had time to go look. I used to shop way in advance to get the pick of the "costume" litter, so to speak. Now I wait until about 10 days or so before Halloween because prices drop drastically. Took me some years to clue into the price reduction but I finally did.



This year we obviously needed 3 costumes. I have been determined to get little Piper in a costume. My husband has been telling me there's no dressing a cat. I intend on proving him wrong. I WILL get Piper in a costume!  She's young, this is the time to do it. If she gets dressed up at this age alongside her brothers then it will begin to be the norm for her. Now taking a 18 year old cat(Storm) and trying to dress her up in costume would never have occurred. Pipey doesn't know any better!


So 3 costumes were purchased the other day. The boys match this year. And Piper is in her own costume, her costume is right in theme with theirs but not an exact match. I think I chose wisely for Piper, its a simple costume nothing too over the top. The store had a witch's costume complete with a hat. But the hat was a must to make the costume make sense, and I know my limits. Getting a young cat to wear a hat is not going to happen. Plus I wasn't fond of the idea of our little fur-baby being a witch, I wanted something a bit cutesy. After getting the costumes home I quickly tried hers on her. Yes, I was successful....Piper got in the costume. She wasn't so sure about it and acted a bit dramatic once she was fully dressed but she put up with it. Simon has yet to get in his costume for this Halloween. However, Cody was chosen as the official model. I dressed him up in costume to show Brad. As I paraded Cody around I believe I heard Simon breathe a sigh of relief that he was not chosen as the costume model. LOL!



When Brad saw Cody in his complete costume his response was this, "Oh good it comes with a bow, my boys are wearing bows. Code already looks embarrassed." I quickly said, "He's not embarrassed, that's his usual look." LOL! Overall Brad likes the boys costumes. I did run my idea for their costumes by him before I bought anything. My idea for their costumes this year is one of my better ones. Do I wish they didn't have a bow on it...perhaps but it's not a girly costume in any way. It's very unisex. And it's not like they have to wear it a longtime, just long enough for mommie to snap a photo! So stayed tuned to see what our fur-baby trio will be looking like come Halloween.