halloween costumes

Let's be honest: there's no decision you will make over the course of the year that will be as difficult as choosing the right Halloween costume.

Today I learned there's a school district in London, Canada (half way between Detroit and Toronto) that banned Halloween and replaced it with "Orange & Black Day" -- not everyone is pleased with the compromise.

It's time to pick out your Halloween costumes! Consider one of these fantastic ideas for couples:

The countdown to Halloween has started! If you need help coming up with a costume this year, why not conspire with your significant other to pull off a couples costume? Here are a few ideas to get you started: 

From dogs dressed as Darth Vaderto Elvis kitties, we can’t stop stuffing our four-legged friends into Halloween attire each October. Dog and cat costume parades are more popular than ever, and everyone from major pet supply companies like Petco to mom-and-pop Etsy dealers make a mint on adorable animal outfits. (Our pets, on the other hand, become more indignant with each passing fall).

If your Halloween costume isn't coming along exactly the way you planned, don't feel bad -- at least you aren't any of these horrible Halloween fails.

It's almost time to start Halloween costume shopping again!

Thanks to Mitt Romney and a bunch of merry meme makers, Big Bird is hot. Thanks to the novelty costume makers at Yandy.com, Big Bird is sexy. Ick.

Halloween is supposed to be about harmless scares and fun, but the holiday took a truly frightening turn when Federal inspectors recently seized more than a thousand Chinese-made costumes for lead contamination.

There's one thing we know for sure about little kids-- they can make practically anything seem adorable. Scrunched-up, twisted sour faces? Check. A boppin' on a bed rendition of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'? You betcha! Although we're a little dumbfounded as to how this "everything is ridiculously adorable" thing actually happens, we can't help but be sucked into the cuteness every darn