Happy early Halloween!
Have I told you how terrible our Halloween costumes were growing up? They were absolutely wretched. My Mom was very supportive of our creativity but was not into purchasing expensive store-bought costumes. So instead, we tended to cobble together makeshift costumes that made no sense. I kid you not: my little sister once went as a “bell.” A bell. As in the the thing you ring. My brother went as “a fat person” one year — wearing jeans that said “wide load” along the back. How he even got out of the house without getting in trouble for the inappropriateness of this costume evades me. I went as the Pillsbury Doughboy once. Grimace.
Long story short, I’m not a huge dress-up-for-Halloween type. I’d rather invest money in real-life dress up. That said, I do love the Halloween color palette (black…black…more black) and have also been known to decorate for the holiday (subtly), especially with goodies like these pumpkins from Target ($12.99 for white; $6 for jute):
For a day-of get-up, I like this funky asymmetrical knit ($135) with a stunning scarf (Virginia Johnson, $195), black skinnies (J. Brand, $185) and fab orange-and-leopard flats (Kate Spade, $228):
Finish with this gorgeous patterned tote ($198):
Love the above tote — reminds me of this Dog Statue
Other items for yo’self I lovelovelove include this knit hat ($128 – 20% off with coupon code ACTFAST); a jeweled-shoulder sweater ($90); these Louboutin flat boots ($1395); black-and-white flannel ($89, plus 25% off); some great bejeweled flats ($295); and a great black clutch ($51):
