[Quiet Man Cometh]

At a craft store pre-Halloween I can imagine it's busy.

I became the master at the two minute Halloween costume when I was into dog shows. The largest show in Western Canada was Halloween weekend, so I would end up at the show and then once I got home, had to go right to my cousin's annual party. If I didn't have something done beforehand, I would make something up on the spot.

One year, I had this big read housecoat, so I stuck my hair up in the highest pig-tails I could get and went as Cindy-Loo Hoo, while my friend grabbed some costume make-up, stuck a bra bag over a couple coat hangers for wings and made a want from a drumstick and foil and went as a fairy. Another year I was a demon. I wore all black with painted nails (went to the show like this). Had a "bag" costume for the devil horns and tail that I altered to look better, and had a big black cape that I used for wings, safety-pinning the ends to my arms in a couple places. It had a hood, which I cut off and made into a smaller cape for my little dog.

One of my college roommates was Australian and found the whole fuss over Halloween to be fascinating. I guess it's no the big deal elsewhere in the world as it seems to be in North America. Apparently, it's rivaling Christmas for effort and expense.