Really awesome 5 mile run last night. The weather was literally perfect (65, light breeze), my playlist was spot on and my legs were ready to cruise.
While I was running I forgot about something rather disappointing … my tutu came in yesterday afternoon and I don’t really like it.
It is beautiful and looks exactly as pictured. The person who made it did a great job. It’s just A LOT more puffy than I expected it to be. Quite frankly, it’s gigantic in circumference. I didn’t measure it but I bet it’s like 2.5 feet wide when it’s fully puffed up.
I don’t think I could comfortably run in it. The mesh definitely puffs up enough that it hits my arms, which I imagine would get very annoying … and Krissy (Shiawase Life) commented to me that it could chafe during the race. That would be really bad.
I have no clue what use I have for this tutu if I don’t wear it to the Princess Half. I suppose I could make it part of a Halloween costume, although I haven’t dressed up for Halloween in years. I’ll probably just have to call it a lesson learned.
Since I still want to dress up for the race, I think I’ll get a Sparkle Skirt and put together a Minnie Mouse or Princess Jasmine costume. Krissy and Karla both recommended Sparkle Skirts and I trust their opinions since they both have put together some awesome runDisney costumes.
The Minnie skirt is SUPER cute …
But Princess Jasmine is my favorite Princess. If only I could bring Cecil and get him to be my Rajah for the weekend.
Touch decision.
I’m leaning more toward the Minnie skirt because I could just throw on a black top and some mouse ears and be good to go.
Since I already spent $40 on the Cruella tutu that I won’t be wearing I don’t really want to spent too much more on a second costume. I could see having to do a DIY top and headband for Jasmine getting costly.
What do you think, Minnie Mouse or Princess Jasmine?
Any ideas for what I can do with the tutu? Is there some place I can donate it to or resell it?
I say go with the turquoise skirt. I own 19 Sparkle Athletic skirts. I love my Minnie skirt but the turquoise one you can wear to any race. I wear my skirts on training runs. People tend to see more.
I wanted to add a couple more things to previous comment. If you do go with the turquoise skirt, get the matching head sweats visor. They are the best and will match your skirt! I also own all of the Sparkle Athletic visors. And I made a mistake in my previous reply, I own 23 skirts:) I am Sparkle Athletic addict!
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23 skirts?! WOW!! You must have one in every single color 🙂
Thanks so much for the visor tip, Megan!
I love them both! I’ve never run as Minnie, but I always think it’s so cute when I see people in the skirt and ears. I ran as Jasmine in pants instead of a skirt. That was actually an inexpensive costume since I already owned most everything but the pants. But if you’d have to buy or make a top too, it could get pricey. Totally up to you! You probably will get more wear out of the turquoise skirt down the road. I’ve worn my plae blue one a bunch of times. As for the tutu, you could always run a giveaway on your blog. I’m sure there’s another Disney runner who’d love to have it.
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I LOVE your Jasmine costume (and all your costumes). I was thinking I would get more use out of the turquoise one too, but the red polka dot one is so cute and I kind of want to wear the ears the more I think about it 🙂
I definitely think you could re-sell that skirt. There are so many people into Disney. Is it impossible to run in?? You’d get a lot of attention wearing that!
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I haven’t tried actually running in it, but I did “run in place” and found it annoying and I only did it for like 20 seconds! Maybe I’ll put the skirt up on Etsy and see if I can sell it… it is really cute!
I’d try to resell the tutu — there are a ton of runDisney facebook groups out there.
I have a Sparkle Athletic skirt, they’re great! 🙂 I’d go with a color too instead of the Minnie one, so you can get more wear out of it.
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Oh good idea about the FB rundisney groups, maybe I can find it a new home through one of them!
Love that everyone is on #TeamSparkle, I feel like I’m joining a good group of people by making this purchase 🙂
I vote for the Minnie skirt. So cute but I’m partial to polka dots. Love them!
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Me too! And the more I think about it the more I want to run in Minnie ears 🙂
Omg, I can’t belive the tutu is that wide. I wouldn’t have expected that either. I like both skirts 🙂 Awesome runs where you feel like cruising are great!
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It is crazy, I think like 10 birds nests could fit in it! 🙂
I think Minnie is more recognizable…But you could just wear a blue sports bra with Jasmine’s skirt and call it done! They’re both cute!