Halloween is a fun time of year for everyone.
Young children dress up as their favorite princess or cartoon character to go trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.
Teenagers and adults love the opportunity to dress up for parties, work, school or whatever.
Costumes play a big part of almost everyone's celebration.
This is the time of year that you can pretend to be someone you're not.
If you want to wear a fancy old-fashioned dress, be a superhero for a day, or dress sexy just this once, this is your opportunity.
Many people choose to dress as something that will make people laugh - a character from a commercial, a sailor complete with a boat, a bag of trash - the list goes on.
In fact, for many the trick is to come up with a unique costume that no one's seen before.
The most popular place to get your Halloween costume is the local Halloween shop that opened up at the beginning of September.
They have full costumes for children and adults as well as a wide selection of costume pieces and accessories.
Every drug store and even grocery store carries an assortment of costumes and accessories.
Another option is the costume rental shop.
You can often get fancier costumes, complete with real (not plastic) hats and other finishing touches.
After Halloween, just return the costume and you're done! But you'd better reserve your costume early.
Check out your local community theaters too.
Sometimes they'll rent out costumes that they're not using.
If you're the creative type, you can put together your own costume.
Depending on what you're looking for, you might start at the local thrift shop or the fabric store.
There may even be things around your house that will work well.
This is usually the type of costume that takes the most time and the least money and is appreciated by all who see it.