Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Halloween Then & Now: Same Costume, Different Cat

During the fall of 2012 I was browsing the Halloween aisles at Petco when I saw the cutest cat costume ever, featuring a cowboy mouse on a saddle.


I bought it immediately, didn't even wait for a sale as I'm usually known to do. Part of my haste had to do with the fact that just a month before we had received the devastating news of Tara's congestive heart failure and probable cancer. I brought the costume home and that same week took Tara's picture wearing it. It was only mid-September, but truthfully, I didn't think she would still be with me come Halloween. She was a little too big around the middle for me to be able to fasten it properly, but I think she looked absolutely adorable in it.


As many of you know, my brave angel Tara hung in there until July of this year. Now Truffles is in my life and I wanted her to have a chance to wear this precious costume too. As with Tara, I couldn't fasten it around her tummy. Not because she's too big (far from it), she's just totally against sitting still in costume, forcing me to work as fast as possible! Still, I think she looks cute as a button in it.


My two special little cowgirls, then and now.


15 comments:

Piranha Banana said...

By far the best photo I have seen - the whole mouse on the cats thing has me in stitches. Thank you for sharing. WOOF!

Cats Herd You said...

OMC, that's priceless! Great photos.

The Island Cats said...

What a great costume! And they both look cute in it. :)

2browndawgs said...

Adorable! Glad you have such a cute photo of Tara.

Cat and DOG Chat With Caren said...

too cute!!
xoxo

SeaThreePeeO said...

What fantastic pictures and wonderful memories.

The Paw Relations

Kitties Blue said...

Too adorable for words. Both kitties look meowvalous. Our mom is the super sale shopper, but she would have done exactly as you did had she seen this. Have a safe Halloween. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

Michelle Liew said...

She DOES look adorable. Cute kitty!

Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittens said...

That is really sweet..

Unknown said...

Adorable!
Hugs,
Pepper

Marie said...

Aww... sweet :)

Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard said...

Me: Very cute on both kitties!
Tasha: Better them than me!
Thomas (sleepily): Hmmmm?

katsrus said...

Both look so adorable. Cute costume.
Sue B

Kaylee said...

Oh! Too cute! My orange boy cat, Honey Badger has a scarf he likes to wear around the house. He's totally fine with it and carries on like normal when I put it on him. My girl cat, Gargoyle, however, does not appreciate costumes of any kind.

meowmeowmans said...

OMC. That is classic! Thanks for making me smile really big. :)

Happy Halloween!