Little Holly Golightly

When looking online for a Halloween costume for Mia, she zeroed in on a fluffy black dress that "looks like a tutu" in her words.  She said that she loved it because it was beautiful, and it would twirl.  It was obvious that the dress was meant to look like a little girl's version of Audrey Hepburn's iconic look in Breakfast at Tiffany's.  However, that website did not sell any of the accessories needed to pull off the look.  It took me a couple of weeks to locate all of the pieces she needed (each from a different website...geez), but I was excited for her to dress up as Holly Golightly since Breakfast at Tiffany's is one of my favorite movies.  Mia has never seen the movie, so she didn't get the reference.  All she knew was that she would get to essentially dress up like a princess.

I got the idea that I wanted to take her to North Park Mall here in Dallas to do a pre-Halloween photo shoot at Tiffany's.  My mother-in-law went with me to help out.  I'm so glad that she did.  It was actually quite a bit of work, and I was grateful to have her there.  Plus, it was so fun to share it with her!  At North Park, I decided to take Mia in through Neiman Marcus because that would put us right at Tiffany's when we entered the mall.  I didn't want her traipsing through the mall with people's curious eyes on her the whole way.  As we passed through Neiman Marcus, many people smiled and even exclaimed how beautiful Mia looked.  She looked like a little Audrey for sure.  A couple of the employees there even asked her to stop so that they could take pictures of her with their phones.  One remarked that it was the best costume she'd ever seen.  Mia was having the time of her life.  I can't explain how much she loved the experience.  When we got to Tiffany & Co., the staff said that we were welcome to photograph her as long as we didn't take pictures of the jewelry in the store.  That made it a bit of a challenge.  However, we were allowed to take some pictures with the jewelry cases in Neiman Marcus afterward, so that was nice.  Taking Mia's pictures all dressed up at Tiffany's was a memory that I will always hold dear.  It was like a dream come true for me, and I hope that Mia will cherish those memories as well.  I love so many of the pictures, and I don't think I will choose between my favorites.  I'll just put all of the best ones on here. :)  I think I'd better split them into two posts, though.  Admittedly, there are quite a few of them.