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One of the great things about being in graduate school is that I can go out on a Friday night fully clothed. I don’t feel any pressure to stand in line outside of a bar freezing in a tiny skirt, tiny top and really tall heels. (Ideally, I shouldn’t have felt that pressure in undergrad, but we’ll leave that for another day.)

And yet, here we are at Halloween… and the pressure is back.

If you’re looking to buy a costume that did not scream “easy,” you’re probably out of luck. Everything is cut to bare a lot of leg and lot of cleavage. In fact, I was a ballerina for 15 years, and I have never seen so many tutus.

If you’re hoping to not freeze at the Halloween party or trick-or-treating, you might find a pair of ears, funny hat or neon wig to wear after you dig through the accessories aisle. And that’s kind of it. The business model for Halloween costumes seems to have skipped women no longer in college and yet not stuck in the house handing out candy.

While the costume business may force you into feeling like you need to be in a skimpy costume, don’t forget where you might wear this costume. Halloween isn’t an excuse to forget about the day after Halloween. If you’re in the working world, do you really want Joe from Accounting seeing your naughty nurse outfit?

I hate to be a Halloween party-pooper, but you really should think about those dress code guidelines from your office when you’re planning your costume. Who will see you? What assumptions will they make? You know how they say, “Watch your behavior at the company holiday party”? The same idea comes into play here.

Your best bet is to be creative. You can do everything from coming up with a crazy cliché outfit (“Laughter is the best medicine”), to a classic book character (Daisy Buchanan from The Great Gatsby). Some of my favorites have been:

• A dead extra from a Quentin Tarantino movie (Gilmore Girls)
• God’s gift to man (complete with gift tag: “To: Man, Love: God”(Hat tip to my friend Sarah)
• Social media characters (Mashable’s costume contest)

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Each year we see many adult men and women dressed as Ken and Barbie and that will likely be the case in 2010 as well.  Look for many of your friends to come up with Barbie Halloween costume ideas as they will want to create a sexy adult costume that is sure to turn heads.  With Ken and Barbie being very easy to imitate look for many people to look to make homemade costumes for both men and women as this is an easy option for couples and dates.  Before going out in public as Ken and Barbie make sure to realize that there will be other couples doing the same thing.  If you want to be completely original spice it up a bit.

Creating a fun and exciting homemade Halloween costume in 2010 could be something that many Americans look to do to save money.  With a growing number of people struggling to make ends meet when it comes to paying their bills look for a significant number of these individuals to look to save this Halloween season. Baby Doll: Wear a nightgown and slippers, paint your cheeks, tie your hair with a red ribbon, and put a pacifier in your mouth.

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