Thread: How much money do you guys/girls invest in your costume?

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OH! I forgot to mention that on November 1st, I'm combing the stores and stocking up for stuff for next year....sometimes things are 90% off! I hate paying full price for anything LOL. It's like a game for me. I also buy my winter clothes at the end of winter and my summer clothes at the end of Summer.

It's fun, when you go into your "Halloween" box the next year, you have all this new stuff you forgot you had!

Originally Posted by Lainie

OH! I forgot to mention that on November 1st, I'm combing the stores and stocking up for stuff for next year....sometimes things are 90% off! I hate paying full price for anything LOL. It's like a game for me. I also buy my winter clothes at the end of winter and my summer clothes at the end of Summer.

It's fun, when you go into your "Halloween" box the next year, you have all this new stuff you forgot you had!

No doubt there. We moved and some of our stuff didn't make it into the new house, because of water damage etc - so we need to stock up on stuff for next year too. Will be the best time to buy coming up here.

And yeah, come to think of it - I DO like my PJ pants. They'll probably be on till about noon or so.

Thanks!
HallowLady

Depends on the year and costume, but this year for myself (not including wife and baby) probably around $100.

Just moved into a house on the Halifax River( intercoastal waterway). the theme for our party this year is HORROR ON THE HALIFAX.
I purchased a swamp dweller costume with shipping was 347.00 plus I planned on dressing it up a little more.

The most I have ever spent on a costume was about $100. If you count costumes that were dresses and then reused for Halloween it would be about $400. But now I have a pretty good collection of different colors/types of dresses/costumes and can get away with being pretty cheap. This year I am looking to spend about $100 again tho... thinking about being a masquarde zombie... big dress may cost a pretty penny... looking at my local thrift stores and Goodwills for a neat wedding dress that can be re-vamped into a qown... If I cant locate one by this weekend I will be going back to a oldie but goody... Vampire!! (And NOT the Twilight kind either.... which will be FREE of charge because I have everything I need for that!! :P

Yeah, it really is about making it your own. I mean, this year, if I had been getting minimum wage for the amount of time I spent making my costume (samurai), I could have bought a really impressive looking one from the web. That's not including the money I spent on "parts" (around $150-200). I mean, I spent $25 on spray paint alone. But I know, no one else in the world has this costume.

I spend $75-$100, but thats not every year. I reuse them over the years or trade off with friends.

i try to spend as little as possible but use homemade stuff to imitate professional results
like for blood
corn syrup
red food coloring and a lil bit of black
and water
under $7
bhut im also not afraid to go into the $100's if needed to