Halloween Waits for No Man

It happens every year. I get all excited about what I may be for Halloween, as early as Spring or Summer. I will get crazy ideas about what the whole family could be as well and the ideas remain just that: ideas.

I procrastinate all Summer because, let’s face it, Summer is fun. Then I get sucked into the vortex  of pre-Fall, with Back to School worries and new TV shows (yes, I watch a ton of shows) and things at work usually pick up with many fiscal years ending in Seotember, etc. The next thing I know, it’s time to go to the Halloween party and I have no costume. So if this happened to you, let’s promise each other we will be more prepared next year.

Halloween costumes can get pretty expensive. Some get pretty elaborate and costs hundreds of dollars. But if you know someone who can sew or handy with plastics or rubber materials, you can probably convince them to make you one from scratch. But  how many friends do you have that are synthetics experts? Right. So it comes down to finding a great deal somewhere or nothing.

Fortunately, there are a ton of places that sell Halloween costumes, both online and locally. The local shops have less and les appeal to me, since they are typically overcrowded and under-staffed. Also, the store is usually a huge mess, with wigs and teeth and Superman outfits strewn all over the place. Not my cup of tea at all. I prefer to look online.

I was pleased to find some great places online for costumes. There were a bunch out there, so it was a bit hard to choose. I decided on halloweencostumediscounts.net and I was not disappointed.

It came down to three main things to decide on my Halloween site:

1. Ease of use. I need the site to be easy to navigate. Search results need to be relevant or it’s a big waste of time.
2. Large Inventory. Not only do I want a huge slection to choose from, I also want to make sure that if the one I select is going to be very popular that year, that it will be in stock. The big players are much better at maintaining proper stock.
3. Pricing. Of course I want a good deal for a costume. You’d have to be crazy to want to pay too much, right?
4. Shipping. Free shipping would be nice, but it’s not always available. Most cotumes are lightweight so shipping is usually not too much of a problem. Beware of places that charge too much.

Being a procrastinator is something that will probably not change for me. But I need to make sure that such a problem doesn’t also make me broke for having to buy an expensive last minute costume from a local store. I can get one fast from my new favorite website and be done with it.

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