The Hunt Is On

So this whole Frozen obsession has gone a little far, don't you think? 

My girls have decided that's what they want to be for Halloween.  That's the only thing they want to be for Halloween. Usually, they have 3 or 4 different things and I have to work to get them to narrow it down to one and work to ensure they keep the same one for more than one day. I'm serious - you better decide. Once I buy the costume, that's it - you can't change your mind anymore.

Not this year. Nope, this year it's done. Decided. Final. It was final back in like April. And we've been talking about it since then too. Kinda Frozen obsessed.

And I had no problems with the costume selection. Actually thought it was kinda perfect - one blonde, one brunette - about the right age difference. Cute, cute, cute.

But then I discovered that there were 1.4 million other little girls that also wanted to be the Frozen girls for Halloween. Oh. Wait. I got that number wrong. Yeah, since we've entered October that number has climbed. We're now at 2.9 million.

And wouldn't you know, that means that everyone is out of Frozen costumes. It's like the year PillowPets came out. That was the very first year that M actually asked for something for Christmas. She wanted a pillow so bad. But guess what? So did everyone else. I could not find her a pillow to save my life. Actually, that's not true. I could find her a pillow. On Ebay. Some blood-sucking money-hungry jerks had bought up all the PillowPets and were selling them on Ebay for hundreds of dollars. Hundreds. That's how we ended up with the most expensive pillow I have ever owned. A pillow I have never used. We didn't pay hundreds for it - only like...uh....$80. Gaw, that's embarrassing to admit. And that was only because we had to get her the rabbit, instead of the unicorn. Apparently, no one wanted the rabbit. Thank goodness.

So the same thing is happening here.  There is a shortage of supply and an outrageous demand. Dang, Disney - did you not realize this little movie was going to blow up?

I went during lunch today. And yeah, that means no workout. I made my goal for last week and none for this week. Seriously.  But I digress....

So I found one for M2 but still no luck for M. So I look online when I get home. Nothing - they are all sold out. Unless I want to order from some shady internet company with multiple and obvious typos on their webpage. Somehow I just picture two teenage boys with bad acne sitting at a computer laughing at all the parents stupid enough to enter in their credit card information on the site they created after school.

So I decide to go hit some more stores. So I'm chatting on the phone with a friend while I'm driving, telling her about the craptastic week I've had - and that's a whole other post. But a post I probably won't ever do because I've been whining too much this week already -   and when I tell her what I'm doing, we decide to meet up to shop together. And the first thing I said, the very first thing, was "Okay, but I look rough."

So then why, why, when she saw me did she do a double-take and exclaim "Man! You're bummed out!" Uhhhh, yeeeeaaaaahhhh - it's called looking rough. And you had fair warning. What is it with people not believing me?  When I say I look rough, it's because I look rough!

We hit another 4 stores with no luck.

So that's my mission right now -Operation Halloween Quest is in full force. If you happen to be out and find an Elsa costume in size Large (10/12) snatch it up for me. Seriously. In the parentworld, those things are like gold!