Though some of us might be overexuberant about Halloween preparations, there are many who are less enthusiastic. For them, Halloween is just another distant day on the calendar until the invitation to the Big Halloween Bash shows up and the unprepared party goer finds themselves in a pickle.
This is not a moment to lament or stress out. These days most of us have closets full of clothes that do nothing more than collect dust most of the year. So, rather than rushing off to the costume store, make your way back to your own closet and see what treasures it may hold.
Here is a few of my own personal quick fixes and a couple others I just love.
Have an old white sheet? – You can now go out as Patrick Swayze, Whitney Houston, Arthur Manby. Really, with this costume you can go as any dead person you can think of.
Have a long black skirt, a black dress, a black shawl, a black blouse, and some black lace? – You can now go out and scare all the children as La Llorona. Put on some fake nails and grab their shoulders from behind to really creep them out.
Have an all-white ensemble? – Be a member of the creepy silent chainsmoking cult The Guilty Remnant, from the show The Leftovers.
Have some blue yarn laying about? – Wrap it around yourself and arrive to the party “tangled up in blue.”
Own a suit or some vintage duds? – Be a time traveler.
Of course, you could go simply wear your pajamas and be “ready for bed.”
Whatever you get up to, have fun and be safe - that’s a requirement.
When the parties over and you’ve returned to the land of the living, bring us your clothes and we’ll get them cleaned up for their return to your closet. Except for that sheet, it’s time to throw the sheet away.