"Mommy, can I wear my princess outfit? Please?"

On day two of the cruise, Sabrina cleverly lured Dave into the gift shop, where he bought her a $65 Aurora princess outfit (did you know that was Sleeping Beauty's name?) and a $15 plastic crown. "Can I just call you 'Suck-errr' from now on?" I asked Dave when I found out.

But that outfit paid for itself. Because Sabrina basically wore it every second possible, except when she went swimming. I could have saved myself a lot of packing, if only I'd known. She wore it...


...to breakfast...


...to the kids club...

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...to play shuffleboard...


...to bed, for a nap...


...to dinner...

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...to a girls' night out...


...to the arcade...

...and to all of her important meetings, like these.

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Astoundingly, she did not ask to wear it to preschool when she got home. Though I would have let her. That princess outfit has cast a spell over me.