Feeling inspired last week, and armed with a $5 coupon, I headed off to Goodwill. Morgan has been playing "dress-up" and "pretend" quite often so I thought I would see what I could find to enhance her wardrobe. I shopped there from time to time in college and distinctly remember a large selection of 10-20 year old prom and bridesmaid dresses that Morgan would be honored to own.
Well, the only fancy dresses I found were floor length and those can be tricky to "model" when you're 3 - so we'll have to check again some other time. However, all was not lost! I found a rare treasure, well worth EVERY PENNY of the dollar I had to spend to take it home with me.
I could hardly wait to show it to her. I picked the kids up from school and handed it to her before we were even out of the parking lot. She gave me the exact reaction I had hoped for (rare, I must admit). "MOMMY! It's the most beautiful hat God (she's giving Him literal credit for EVERYTHING right now) ever made - I've been dreaming about having a hat just like it! I have the perfect dress to go with it!"
Here it is, in all it's glory:
6 comments:
Wow! Some member of the "Purple Hat Ladies" doesn't know what she let go of!
She will ALWAYS remember that hat I'm sure! What a win-win situation; she's happy, you're keeping your money and you recycled a hat instead of buying something new! That is cool....
ADORABLE!!!
Morgan~ you look beautiful!
Miss Elayne :)
This cracked me up. Isn't it funny how kids play more with the cheapest things? My daughter Evan (now 20 months) has been carrying around a POTATO and acting like it's a baby doll. I'm so tempted to stick Mr. Potato Head eyes onto it. ;)
Hi Erin! My mom sent me a link to your blog from Angie Morris' blog. Your daughter is ADORABLE in that hat! What a cutie.
I hope you remember me - I'm Angie's cousin. We knew each other a LONG time ago. Anyhow, great bargain find!
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