This year,the girls told me what they wanted to be, and amazingly I was able to make it all work with sweatsuits, haha. I have a mouse; gray sweatsuit with homemade ears and little nose mask with whiskers and teeth and some big pink beads (since she's a girl mouse), a kitty cat: black turtle-neck and black knit pants we already had and a set from Wal-mart with ears and a tail...add a big pink feather boa and a pink bow on her ear; and a flower: green sweatpants, a pink turtleneck, a flower petal headband that I got in the dollar bin at Target a few months ago and a big plastic terra cotta looking pot that was $3, we cut out the bottom, popped a set of suspenders on it to hang over her shoulders and she's a potted daisy (this one turned out SOOOOO cute). I think I spent about $20 total...very frugal this year! I'm sure it won't always be that easy, but I'll take it while I can get it.

Raechel, Mom to Abigail, Sophia, and Gabriella 8-4-05