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The Stages of Picking Out Your Halloween Costume

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Fairfield chapter.

For many, Halloween is an exciting time of year. It’s a time to pretend to be someone else and dress a completely different way than you would in your everyday life. While picking out your Halloween costume can be totally fun, it can also be quite stressful. Here are the stages of picking out your Halloween costume. 

You start out hopeful and excited. The school year has just started and you’re already plotting the ultimate Halloween costume.This year is going to be awesome.

You start brainstorming with your friends, trying to find the perfect costume.

I definitely can’t be a cat again for the third year in a row. What’s something I can be that’s cute and ironic? Waldo maybe.

You let your ideas sit for a while and go about your day, after all the year has just started. 

Fast forward to mid October and you realize you have two and a half weeks until Halloween and still don’t have a costume.

Time to search Pinterest

But wait there are too many options to choose from.Who entrusted me with making such life changing decisions? 

Finally you decide on the perfect costume. Elsa it is.

While ordering you realize it’s sold out and there’s not enough time to buy the pieces individually.

You start freaking out. Halloween is officially ruined. 

Suddenly you remember all the sports jerseys your brother has.

You can totally pull of being a football player.

Whatever. Maybe you can pass your cat ears off as something else. No one will even notice. 

It’s still going to be an awesome Halloween!

Pamela is currently in her senior year at Fairfield Univerity where she is majoring in management. In her free time she enjoys working out, spending time with friends and family and binge watching reality television. *guilty*.... Follow her on instagram! @pamelagrant