{"id":1195,"date":"2012-10-31T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T11:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2012-10-31T10:56:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T13:26:37","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2012\/10\/31\/happy-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween – pregnancy edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Halloween!<\/p>\n

In the past, I’ve\u00a0 enjoyed dressing up for Halloween. I’ve been Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz; a pirate; Wonder Woman<\/a>; and lots more.<\/p>\n

This year with our first child expected to arrive in February 2013, I felt it was only right to do something that was unique, but in line with my sense of humour and the fact that I’m pregnant…<\/p>\n

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\"Happy<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m at work today as a pregnant skeleton!<\/p>\n

I think it was in early September that I saw the screen print on Pintrest pointing to Inspire Your Walls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Around the same time I discovered that site, I was at Costco and saw that they had plain long sleeved shirts and figured that a cheap black shirt for only $15 was a sign I had to get the shirt and order the print.<\/p>\n

It’s been a while since I ironed on anything to clothing (read: I had a Barbie in the 90s that came with some iron on decals), and I read the instructions thoroughly even though it wasn’t overly complicated.<\/p>\n

Basically: turn on iron to a really hot setting; iron shirt to eliminate wrinkles; peel paper back off of decal; place plastic with decal on so that decal is on shirt; iron at will; try not to screw it up.<\/em><\/p>\n

The biggest issue was making sure all of the little bones in the fingers and toes ironed on. Some of them didn’t want to transfer on the first try, but a sharp knife was able to pry them off the plastic and then I could put the plastic over the little parts and they ironed on with ease (although it was a little stressful at times I didn’t want our “baby” to be missing any bones!).<\/p>\n

I also had to make sure I removed the spots for the mouth and the eyes. Forgetting to do that would have caused a lot of unladylike language because there’s no undo button for something like that. Again, a sharp knife was able to make sure that that wasn’t hard.<\/p>\n

I posted a photo of my shirt on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on the weekend and it’s been a hit. Definitely a unique choice. I’m really glad I found it and had such great success with it all. And the only reason I knew about it was because of the magic of social media (remember: I found it through Pintrest).<\/p>\n

Next year I’m looking forward to some cute outfits for our little one. Eventually I see family themed costumed. And of course Star Wars is a theme that will never get old<\/a>. ;)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Did you or are you dressing up for Halloween? What are you doing? What’s your favourite costume to date?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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