As October wraps up, it’s time to get as many pumpkin spiced beverages as you can before they leave for the year and start welcoming hot chocolate back into our lives. The end of October also means one very significant thing: Halloween.
Not only is it really fun to watch little kids running around Columbia asking for candy in their cute superhero and princess costumes, but when it gets darker, us college kids start to have fun of our own kind.
Maybe in high school, you thought dressing up for Halloween was childish and immature. You better get that out of your mind this instant because people do things a little differently in college.
According to the [National Retail Federation](http://studybreakscollegemedia.com/2014/scary-spending-power-students-on-halloween/), 69.4 percent of 18-24 year olds dressed up for Halloween in 2010. In addition to that, 55.4 percent were either throwing or attending a party, and 38.6 percent visited a haunted house.
Since I am the queen of procrastination, I still have yet to get my costume for Halloween, because there are just so many options I could pick from. I could go as some form of cat since that seems to be really popular. I could also go as a Barbie doll or wrap a sheet around me and call myself a Greek goddess. I mean, sure, I’m in college and every girl dresses in these costumes for Halloween, but I feel like I need to separate myself from the crowd.
After some extensive online searching with my roommates, I found some great alternative options for costumes that girls may want to consider this weekend to make a statement, since they’re all desperate to do that anyway.
Ladies, did you know you could dress up as a deviled egg for Halloween? Take a sheet, color a yellow circle in the middle for the egg yolk, and wear a pair of devil horns on your head. Punny and clever, I know. And since everyone will be partying and drinking to celebrate this marvelous holiday, their stomachs will start rumbling at some point in the night, making you irresistible. Great. Costume crisis averted.
If that’s not the route for you, though, and you’re still dead-set on being some sort of animal to be “cute,” you should totally think about being a holy cow. Take a white T-shirt, cut some holes in it, put it over a black tank top, and throw some costume wings on your back and a halo on your head and — holy cow! You’re a holy cow!
You were aiming for the cute look by dressing like an animal, right? Well, what could be more adorable than a little spotted cow? Nothing. Mission accomplished, you’re welcome.
Not only do these options give girls exactly what they want in a Halloween costume, they are also very cost-effective by being do-it-yourself style costumes. They’re so easy to make, there’s no need to go out and spend upwards of fifty dollars to buy that sexy cop costume that every other girl is going to have.
If you were looking for a unique, cute, irresistible Halloween costume for this year, I highly recommend you considering the options I just gave you. Not only does it fill every above adjective describing your perfect costume, but it won’t drain your wallet either.
Nothing is better than a DIY, cheap, food or animal-related costume to wear out on a Friday Halloween night. You’ll stand out for sure, I promise.
