
I have enough friends with babies and children to know that Pottery Barn Kids is huge in the parenting world. So for all of you parents who have procrastinated getting costumes -- rejoice! Pottery Barn's Halloween costumes are on sale for 50 percent at www.potterybarnkids.com. I think I like the hedgehog the best (bottom left).
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I always look at these costumes and think, "Geez, I could make those myself!" And then reality hits because I don't have as much time as Martha Stewart (or a sewing machine).