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costumes for halloween
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Here's a Halloween factoid to frighten the frugal soul: Americans adults plan to spend an average $72.31 each on Halloween candy, decorations and costumes for themselves, their kids and their pets this year, according to the National Retail Federation. And that's up nearly 10 percent from last year. Can you hear me screaming in horror?
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With less than two weeks remaining in the race, a clear favorite has been established. Barack Obama leads John McCain, 54 percent to 46 percent, in an Amazon.com poll tracking the sale of Halloween masks representing the two presidential candidates. Laugh if you want, but it's a spread that very closely mirrors national polls showing Obama in the lead among would-be voters. And BuyCostumes.com, tracking the sales history of Halloween masks representing presidential candidates back to 1980, has found that the winner of the mask race during an election year was the winner - every time - in the election. As of last week, Leland Van Andler, owner of Lelands Just For Fun in Hermosa Beach, had sold all seven of the Obama masks he ordered and none of the McCain masks. You have to look at the...
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Staff writer So it's Oct. 29. The Halloween weekend is upon you, and you've just gotten a last-minute invitation to a costume party - except you don't have a costume. What are you going to do?
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For years, Kris Praskovich of Banksville has refused to buy Halloween costumes for her kids, opting instead for making the costumes herself. I could never find anything, and what I could find, I didn't want to pay for because it wasn't worth it," says Praskovich, 45. "I thought I could do something much better.
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It's the time of year when all little ghouls and boys have only one thing on their minds: Trick-or-Treat -- or as they say around here, Beggars Night. Turns out beggars can be choosers: For the past two years, my daughter and I have been able to create really fun Halloween costumes with little more than a cardboard box, a glue gun and some items from the Dollar Tree.
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You can go greenly ghoulish or darkly Gothic. You can go ugly gangsta or silky geisha. You can go King Tut Egyptian or flimsy fairy. But no matter what you choose - animal, vegetable or mineral - you're going to need a costume for that coming Halloween party or evening of Trick or Treat. For many of us, the first impulse when it comes to costuming is to buy one, but if you want to keep cost down and imagination at a high roar, then you'll want to make - or devise - one. This does not necessarily involve sewing, although a fabric store will yield plenty of patterns and material.
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LOS ANGELES -- Olive and Mochi are pugs with a passion for fashion. No wonder Halloween is their favorite time of year. They've been dressed up as geisha girls, surfer girls and even pieces of sushi over the years. They may not understand the tradition, but "pugs understand positive energy," explains dog owner, partner and costume designer Lisa Woodruff of Huntington Beach, southeast of Los Angeles. Ten years ago, it was hard to find a Halloween costume for a cat, dog or duck. Today they are everywhere, from the dollar stores to Beverly Hills boutiques. Offline or on, there are costumes galore. A little bling or properly draped scrap of fabric can transform your pet into almost any animal, character or celebrity, says Steve Major with All the Same Wild and Tame, an animal sanctuary that...
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BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the economy continues to be top of mind, consumers refuse to let financial woes keep them from getting into the Halloween spirit. In its second annual Halloween Shopping Survey* released today by Savers, Inc., the global thrift retailer, shoppers clearly indicated the importance of the holiday. To embrace the fun of Halloween, on average, this year a family of four expects to spend $300 to costume, decorate and otherwise celebrate the holiday. Rather than repurpose costumes from a previous year, 90 percent of adults are planning to create a brand new look this season, and another 81 percent will purchase new decorations for their home. However, shoppers are still looking to be savvy and cut costs wherever they can, and more than h...
