Every year in October, I run into the same problem — what to dress up as for Halloween.
I always end up wanting to dress up in a cool, unique costume. Typically, I go online for inspiration towards the beginning of October. I look at generic characters, or characters from video games I play. Every costume that falls into my criteria of “cool” ends up being too much effort — or outside of my poor college student budget. This cycle continues throughout the month of October until it’s a few days before — and I still don’t have a costume. Frantically, I attempt to brave the lines at Spirit and end up paying outrageous prices for simply accessories.
Freshman year, I couldn’t think of a costume. My result was waiting in line for an hour at Spirit Halloween down at the other end of Hoboken for an hour to buy a small $10 tube of white face paint. It was a “scary” ghost costume.
Sophomore year, I was set on a steampunk costume. Amazon was too expensive — and didn’t have the perfect matching costume. Naturally, I went to Spirit the day of Halloween to try to find a costume. $50 and three hours of my life down the drain — but hey, people liked my costume!
Junior year I tried a little bit more. I planned out a costume: a sailor. However, I only planned this out about three days before Halloween. Barely enough time for something to come in — even with Amazon Prime.
This year, the same problem. No costume ideas. Originally, I wanted to go as someone from Survivor — but that’s a very small niche; no one would have gotten the costume. So, I decided to go as Jake from State Farm. Again, a last-minute decision, but simple.
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