I had a long list of errands I needed to run yesterday involving exciting and exotic destinations like the mail store, Kinkos and Gap. Also, Target.
I ran in Target because there were a couple of items that they didn’t have on Amazon Prime when I Jane Jetson’d my groceries to my house on Saturday night. And while I was there I decided to peruse the Halloween aisle to see if their might be any spooky half-price decor that would make our Halloween more fulfilling and meaningful than ever.
Sadly, it was all pretty picked over except for a couple of styrofoam tombstones. However, in what feels like divine providence, I found myself smack dab in an aisle filled with pet costumes. And if you think I resisted the siren song of a pet costume, then you must be new here. I did show great restraint though and only purchased one spider costume for Piper and Mabel to share since I felt certain they would wear it for a combined 5.6 seconds. But I have to confess I’m still thinking about the bumblebee costume and may have lasting regrets that I didn’t add it to my cart along with the spider.
So I came home and immediately tried the spider costume on the girls.
Here’s Mabel.
And here’s Piper.
Neither of them seemed to share my enthusiasm. And Piper feels certain the costume is at least two sizes too small for her.
Shorty after the costume fashion show, Mabel curled up in her bed to be alone with her thoughts and composed a haiku. Or two.
I’m not a spider
May not have eight jointed legs
But I have a brain
Little Miss Muffet
She was scared for a reason
Spiders are evil
A little while later I took the girls to the dog park so they could run off all the energy they hadn’t been able to expend due to the rainy weekend. And that’s where Piper channeled her inner spider from Little Miss Muffet and sat down beside a lady and helped herself to her curds and whey. Or maybe just her ham sandwich. Either way, she stole food from someone at the dog park.
I’ll be honest. It created a little bit of an awkward situation.
But, in her defense, who thinks it’s a good idea to bring a ham sandwich to a place where dogs roam free? Especially dogs who might also think they’re now part spider due to their mother’s inability to pass up a funny photo opportunity.
And Piper’s proclivity for stealing food might explain why she found the spider costume to be more than a little snug.