Grrr...

[Dewjunkie]

I'm going to be petty for a moment and vent.  Please excuse me.

We dressed my daughter up as a biker chick for the costume contest at the "Pumpkin Festival" here in town today.  Complete with the 2T leather biker jacket, black leather boots, stars and stripes bandana, chain wallet, and American flag patch on the butt of her torn jeans.  She was adorable, and looked just like a miniature biker chick. 

So, the judges pick (1) a store bought fairy costume, (2) a store bought pumpkin onesie, and (3) a store bought fireman costume over my daughter.  Apparently, originality and creativity in a costume for a 2 year old don't weigh as heavily as dropping $8 at Walmart for some plastic to throw on your kid.  Eveyone in the crowd was as shocked as I was.  Now, I know I am being petty, and my daughter certainly didn't care if she won or not, but it was a bit frustrating. 

I can't imagine what I'm going to be like when my daughter gets older..... .   

O.K., mature hat back on. 

 

[AngelAmidala]

Wow....that's sure opposite of what happened when I dressed up for stuff....it was the originality of costumes that won the prize, not whatever was bought in a store. In fact, if you bought something from a store you were guaranteed NOT to win. (But I'm not bitter.... )

I'm sure your daughter looked waaaay cute! And I hope you took a picture you can share! I wanna see!! Then I'm going to find out whoever judged that contest of yours and tell them they made a whole bunch of mistakes. RAR on them!

 

[paulewog]

What? No miniature harley?

 

[lucypevensie]

Yeah, that bugs me too. When I was working at my last job, we had costume day at work. The winners were the ones who rented stuff from the costume store. Gimme a break. There were people who would stay up until midnight sewing and painting and gluing their own really cool costumes.

*LP puts her maturity cap back on too*

 

[paulewog]

/me refues to own a maturity cap. Too boring.

Hmmm. Actually, at our church, when we had dress up things, they very specifically decided based on best costume overall, and one for the cutest, and one for the most original.

 

[kimmee]

we had a costume day at school and the girl who own had a telephone number on her shirt. she beat out everyone who had a way better costume.
as for your daughter im sure was the cutest thing up there