Not meant to be?

This year I really want to make my girls' Halloween costumes. Summer wants to be "Mary had a Little Lamb" and Emily wants to be "Little Miss Muffit."

I love the illustrations in Eloise Wilkin's "Mother Goose" and decided to use them as an inspiration for the costumes. I researched online and found the perfect pattern: Butterick 6659.

On Wednesday morning I loaded the kids in the car and drove 30 minutes down to Joann's to get the pattern and fabric. I was so excited. All the way down there I kept imagining how cute my girlies will be in their Halloween costumes. (Which would then double as PJ's once Halloween was over.) I was stoked. But my optimism deflated a little when I went to look for the pattern and they were OUT. And then when I went to look for fabric and they didn't have what I wanted. But I was determined, so I traveled to a different store. Still, no pattern. No fabric.

But I was REALLY determined. I went home and devised an alternate plan. I'd use a dress I already had for Emily and just make her a bonnet and pinafore and I would use a pattern I already had for Summer. So, I drove back to the store, bought fabric, and came home optimistic again. But, I bought the wrong amount of fabric for Summer's dress. Sigh. Still unwilling to give up, I decided to start on Emily's bonnet and pinafore. I cut them out last night and decided to sew them today.

I first put together Emily's bonnet. It was trickier than I remembered, but I got it mostly done. (Except for the chin ties because I ran out of fabric.) Then, I started on the pinafore. But I didn't get farther than the first step because somehow I cut the bib front 1 inch longer than the bib facing. (Which I cut out together in a double layer!?)

And THEN one of my daughters came home from school, picked up Emily's almost-finished bonnet and got chocolate on the brim.

I quit.