This is my daughter’s third Halloween.  Every year, she is a tiger.  She is a tiger because we live in Memphis, TN and the mascot for the University of Memphis is a tiger.  You might ask yourself what that has to do with my daughter’s Halloween.  We recycle, reuse, and re-purpose the costume for multiple uses.  This won’t work for every costume out there but we purposely made her a tiger for these reasons.

She wears the costume for every party and trick or treat event we go to.
We live near both sets of grandparents.  We go to both their neighborhoods.  She also wears it to school and around or neighborhood. Times costume used = 4

It doubles as a coat.
Halloween is usually cold.  The tiger costume works well as a coat or a full body jump suit.  Add in the hood and it is perfect protection.  We attend college football games into December.  The tiger costume works for game day.  It doe not matter if we go to the game or if we simply go watch the game somewhere.  For added effect, we throw a cheer leading outfit on top of it and instant tiger cheerleader. Time costume used = 4 or 5

Pajamas
As it gets colder and colder, the tiger costume makes great PJs.  My daughter loves wearing the costume to bed so this works out well.  In years past it has been a one piece but this year it is a separate jacket and pants.   Time costume used = 5 or 6

Total times the costume is used = at least 13 times.

This will probably be the last time that I get to decide what she is.  I think princess costumes are on deck for next year.

Buck blogs almost daily at BuckDaddyBlog.com where he blogs about being a dad, sprinkled with some product reviews and giveaways, with a whole lot humor and self deprecation.

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