Halloween is that magical time of the year when you get to dress up as whoever or whatever you like. It is a holiday about expression through costumes and decorations. A night to be super spooky. But when you wear glasses, some aspects of Halloween can be a struggle.

1. You absolutely cannot wear makeup.

You put all that time into doing elaborate face makeup, then you put your glasses on to get a better look. Your glasses either smudge the makeup or hide the part around your eyes. Maybe you even get makeup on the lenses and get the pleasure of finding a way to clean them.

2. Mask or Glasses? You can only pick one.

Masks tend to be complicated when you have to wear glasses. You can try to wear both but it never quite lives up to the expectations in your head. so do you choose to look cool, or to have perfect vision? Decisions, decisions.

3. Any costume that's not a "nerd" could be tough to explain.

"Well, what are you?" they ask. "I'm Frankenstein's monster," you reply. "Well I didn't know he wore glasses!" they chuckle, thinking that they're utterly clever. It always goes something like that.

4. "I can go without them, I'll be fine."

But it's dark and you can't see and it's likely that you could walk into something or someone.

5. Mistaking random strangers for your friends might occur if you do decide to brave the night without your trusty spectacles.

It's not your fault. That lady really looked like your friend Steve from far away. they were in the same costume, how were you supposed to know?

Just to be safe, maybe we should get some contact lenses.