About Fred and Ginger

Monday

Nov022015

There are a lot of things I will happily take credit for, but the idea for the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers costumes? I can't take any of the credit for that. That honor belongs 100% to Grandma Alexis aka Fred.

I don't know that anyone has dressed up as Fred and Ginger since the days when talking on the phone meant you had to stay near the wall because a cord tied you in place. Maybe before that. So putting together those costumes required a bit of thought.

Of course, Alexis figured it out in about 10 seconds. "Mom, Amazon sells everything. They will have a Fred Astaire costume."

And they did. Except, they called it a "boys tuxedo." Minor detail.

(I found it suuuuper interesting that Miss I Want a Girl Elvis Costume was totally fine with a boy costume this year. I did have to stop her from dipping it in glitter, though.)

As for Mila aka Ginger, well, I made that dress.

I mention that because YOU GUYS. I SEWED SOMETHING. SUCCESSFULLY. THAT WASN'T STRAIGHT LINES.

That might be the most unexpected thing that has happened in months. I only did it because every fancy "Ginger Rogers-esque" dress I could find was $80 or more and NOPE. All the nopes. I refused to pay that sort of money to the point that I was willing to give up a few evenings so that I could sew.

AND I DID SEW!

Sorry. I'm still in shock over the whole thing. I mean, it mostly looks like an actual dress! I half expected to end up rushing out to buy an overpriced dress an hour before trick-or-treating because I was certain I was going to end up with a ball of fabric.

But I didn't!