CNY Dessert Muse: Random acts of mom.

It's 6 am on Sunday morning. I should be sleeping. I want to be sleeping. I need to be sleeping. Saturday and Sunday are my only days to sleep in. And by sleep in I mean 930 am instead of 630 am. I was startled awake by an arm beaming me in my nose at full force at 4 am. Maybe I'll go back to bed soon, but for now the pain is wearing off still and I think my heart has almost started beating normally. Any wise parent says no when their child wants to sleep with them. Needless to say, we all say yes. My daughter is a tooth-grinding bed hog. It's a recipe for disaster before my head even hits the pillow. And though my eyes are still watery from a blow to the nose I won't hesitate to say yes if she asks me next weekend to sleep in my bed again.

Unfortunately for me, my body seems to have gotten enough sleep so I'm wide awake. Yuck. After looking up everyone I can imagine on Facebook I decided I might as well get up and start working on my daughter's Halloween costume.

This year she's going to be the Joker. I am so excited.

I'm sure when my daughter has children of her own she will tell them of their crazy Grandmother (me) and her insane "Halloween rules". Oh! It's only funny because it's true. Past the age of 5 I made it very clear that all Halloween costumes were going to be scary. If you wanted to be a princess or a cheerleader, you have to be a dead one. No masks, Halloween makeup only. I am happy to say that I have never had to put up a fight. She loves it.

Last year she was Sweeney Todd and we used authentic clothing that was handed down by a good friend. I think last year was my favorite costume of hers ever; with the exception of her Tigger costume when she was itty-bitty. This year we found the best purple jacket at a thrift store. When we were looking for the Joker costume at Halloween stores we were so disappointed! $50 for a thin purple jacket, mask, and a short sleeved vest-tie-shirt combo. As in it was all one shirt, reminiscent of the good ol' tuxedo shirt.

Yesterday we went to the very same thrift store and bought a men's shirt, vest and tie to complete her costume. Price of this year's Halloween costume: $12! Wow. The only bad part is I am not the type of person to settle for anything less than perfection. No it's true. Everyone makes fun of me for it. Being this type of person means I can't just leave well enough alone. So instead of sleeping while it's still dark outside I will be sizing and fitting the thrift store items to fit my daughter perfectly. The trouble with this is......... I cannot sew. I mean at all. If you have a button that needs fixing then I'm your girl otherwise you're on your own. I once made a poodle skirt for my daughter because it was 50's week at school--I don't even remember how I accomplished that.

It looked amazing, she looked amazing! Truth be told I think I may have included some stapling in that project. Ha ha ha, okay there were no staples but I know I used Stitch Witchery. And I did sew, but what would take a normal person a few minutes takes me hours. I think of sewing as my kryponite. I am no super hero but sometimes even I am amazed at how things work out in my life when all the odds are stacked against me- so maybe I do have a little bit of super hero in me after all. Alright, enough stalling.... it's time for me to sew. Wish me luck!