Still haven’t decided what to be for Halloween this year?  You do realize that there’s only 46 more days until Wednesday, October 31st, right?  And since most Halloween costume parties and costume contests at nightclubs are usually held the weekend before, you really only have 42 more days to find that one-of-a-kind, totally awesome, one that everyone will be talking about costume.  Now I’m sure a few of you might say that’s plenty of time to find a costume, but if you’re like me you’d better start looking now.  I’ll think to myself, “Wow 46 more days – I’ve got plenty of time to find something”.  Then before I know it, it’s down to 26 more days, then 16, then 6 more days and I’m paying extra for overnight shipping!  Did you know that Halloween Express has over 200 stores nationwide on top of having www.HalloweenExpress.com where you’ll find the largest selection of Halloween merchandise anywhere?  That’s a lot of stores!  Right from our website you can go to “store locator” and type in your zip code and you’ll get a list of all the Halloween Express stores in your area.  I typed in mine and five different stores popped up.  Don’t procrastinate, go out and check out all the different costumes that the stores carry.  At the very least, you can “just look” and get an idea of what all is out there in the form of costumes.  You might find something that you really like that is completely different that what you thought you wanted your costume to be. 

Take your children to one of our stores and let them see what all is out there.  I took mine last weekend and we were in there for over an hour.  The good part is that they had a great time trying on a bunch of different costumes, but the bad part was they couldn’t decide which one they wanted.  I suggested we go home write down all the costumes they tried on, let them call their friends and see which ones they like, then decide from there (because you know how important it is for all their friends to love their costume).  Of course, we still had to buy several decorations to bring home with us – we just couldn’t leave there empty-handed!  Plus I had them check out the website because in some cases the website will have costumes that the stores don’t (or maybe just have them in stock in cases where their out of stock at the store) or even vice-versa.  If you’re lucky enough to have a Halloween Express store in your area, go see for yourself, then come home and check out their website.  It’s always nicer to have more than one option of how and where you can buy your costume!

Good luck and have fun shopping!

When you think of Halloween, you think of ghosts, supernatural occurrences and evil beings.  So when you think of Halloween costumes you automatically think along those same lines.  However, in the last couple of years more and more teenagers and adults are turning instead to humorous costumes.  Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of ghosts and goblins out there on Halloween night.  But for me, in between every couple of hair-raising gruesome costumes, I just love to see one that makes me laugh.

Last October my brother Brian and his wife Jill stopped by on the way to their annual Halloween costume pub crawl.  My brother was dressed as this big silver Beer Keg and his wife was a Fraulein Beer Garden Girl.  Brian’s Beer Keg costume (Beer Keg Halloween Costume) had a working tap in the helmet that you could actually put liquid in and drink from it.  It was hilarious!  Jill made a great Beer Garden Girl in her costume Beer Garden Girl Halloween Costume and was the perfect compliment to Brian’s Beer Keg.  They won second place for the funniest couple costume.  Unfortunately for them, Trailer Park King Halloween Costume and his wife, White Trash Halloween Costume came in first. 

Humorous costumes come in all shapes and sizes.  They can be as funny, disgusting, or anatomically incorrect as you want them to be.  Many of these I would definitely save for the “adult” costume parties.  Television shows have some of the funniest and unforgettable characters that always make great Halloween costumes:  Cartman from South Park , Stewie from Family Guy, Lieutenant Jim Dangle from Reno 911 (he’s the one that wears the short shorts) or Mary Katherine from Saturday Night Live, just to name a few.

If television characters aren’t what you’re looking for, then try your hand at being an alcoholic beverage.  Instead of drinking a beer at your next Halloween costume party, you can actually be one, or maybe a bottle of tequila, a martini or even a margarita.  The possibilities are endless and humorous! 

All these costumes I’ve talked about and many more can be found now at Funny Halloween Costumes