Comments on: Halloween Spending Can Get Frightening http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/ A blog about frugal living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jen http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Jen Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:58:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-161 After Halloween you can get costumes on clearance, or better yet you can get odds & ends from costumes that are missing pieces for 25 cents a few weeks after Halloween. I pick these up & put them in the dress up bin (every day is Halloween at my house, with 2 creative kiddos who love to dress up) and then when Halloween rolls around, there's plenty to choose from to make great costumes with.<br/><br/>I would save a lot of money at Halloween if I wouldn't buy candy for myself to eat for the 2 months its on the shelves prior to the holiday! After Halloween you can get costumes on clearance, or better yet you can get odds & ends from costumes that are missing pieces for 25 cents a few weeks after Halloween. I pick these up & put them in the dress up bin (every day is Halloween at my house, with 2 creative kiddos who love to dress up) and then when Halloween rolls around, there’s plenty to choose from to make great costumes with.

I would save a lot of money at Halloween if I wouldn’t buy candy for myself to eat for the 2 months its on the shelves prior to the holiday!

]]> By: Jasi http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jasi Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:26:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-160 Old Navy had cute toddler costumes. $20 with 25% off. We also bought decorations at the end of last year's Halloween season. <br/><br/>We're considering creating some decorations out of paper shopping bags. Some lunch bag illuminaries maybe painted orange with craft paint for a jack-o-lantern look. Perhaps we'll stuff our paper leaves bags and paint them up, too. Frankensteins, ghosts or more pumpkins. Anything's possible. Old Navy had cute toddler costumes. $20 with 25% off. We also bought decorations at the end of last year’s Halloween season.

We’re considering creating some decorations out of paper shopping bags. Some lunch bag illuminaries maybe painted orange with craft paint for a jack-o-lantern look. Perhaps we’ll stuff our paper leaves bags and paint them up, too. Frankensteins, ghosts or more pumpkins. Anything’s possible.

]]> By: Daisy http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Daisy Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:33:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-159 Thrift stores for costumes: Yes! I plan to go to school on Halloween this year wearing my usual professional attire and a name tage that says "Hello, my name is Minerva." Thrift stores for costumes: Yes! I plan to go to school on Halloween this year wearing my usual professional attire and a name tage that says “Hello, my name is Minerva.”

]]> By: Sallie http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Sallie Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:26:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-158 Our church does a Harvest Festival.. you could take your children to a local one, if available, and that saves you on buying candy to give out because you won't be home AND your children will have fun in a safe environment..<br/><br/>God bless,<br/>Sallie Our church does a Harvest Festival.. you could take your children to a local one, if available, and that saves you on buying candy to give out because you won’t be home AND your children will have fun in a safe environment..

God bless,
Sallie

]]> By: Barb Freda http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Barb Freda Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:16:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-157 I was determined to make my daughter a princess costume since I was seeing stuff in stores--for a 4 y.o., mind you-- for $40.<br/><br/>Oh, I made a costume all right. It was gorgeous. You never saw anything like it. And after all was said and done? It cost me about $50! Granted, it was way nicer than the cheapo one for $40, but...I realize now that it is a good way to end up with a nice costume, but not necessarily a way to end up with a cheap costume (I think the pattern alone cost me about $8!) I was determined to make my daughter a princess costume since I was seeing stuff in stores–for a 4 y.o., mind you– for $40.

Oh, I made a costume all right. It was gorgeous. You never saw anything like it. And after all was said and done? It cost me about $50! Granted, it was way nicer than the cheapo one for $40, but…I realize now that it is a good way to end up with a nice costume, but not necessarily a way to end up with a cheap costume (I think the pattern alone cost me about $8!)

]]> By: Jen A. Miller http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Jen A. Miller Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:18:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-156 My freecycle group put up a post that challenged everyone to look at what they have that could be posted for other people to use toward Halloween costumes.<br/><br/>I also saw a crafting idea in Woman's Day about using plastic milk jugs, white holiday lights and a sharpie marker to make lighted Halloween decorations. I'll be doing that. As for the scarecrow, well, the boyfriend might dress up as one and sit outside my house and scare the kiddies. That's cheap decorating for me! My freecycle group put up a post that challenged everyone to look at what they have that could be posted for other people to use toward Halloween costumes.

I also saw a crafting idea in Woman’s Day about using plastic milk jugs, white holiday lights and a sharpie marker to make lighted Halloween decorations. I’ll be doing that. As for the scarecrow, well, the boyfriend might dress up as one and sit outside my house and scare the kiddies. That’s cheap decorating for me!

]]> By: Jenn @ Frugal Upstate http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2007/09/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:17:00 +0000 http://suddenlyfrugal.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/halloween-spending-can-get-frightening/#comment-155 I was at the Salvation Army for something else entirely-and they had a whole rack of Halloween costumes out. I was able to buy Princess a rock star costume for $6-looking at similar ones in Wally world they run $12 to $20. I was at the Salvation Army for something else entirely-and they had a whole rack of Halloween costumes out. I was able to buy Princess a rock star costume for $6-looking at similar ones in Wally world they run $12 to $20.

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