Things that are good about a trimester school: you get to take lots of classes, if you hate a class you know you only have to deal with it for 10 or so weeks, and you get to learn a lot of ~cool stuff~ in a short period of time.

Things that are bad about a trimester school: you never have any clue which week it is, which in turn makes it super confusing when your psychology teacher exclaims that he's moving the exam to after Halloween.

Oh sh*t, it's Halloween this weekend?

Now this isn't everyone, but it was me. There are the people that order costumes weeks in advance and there are the people that keep thinking they have all the time in the world to do so, until it comes down to the week (or maybe the day) of. No matter which type you are, everyone can benefit from some hacks, and hacks that come from someone who scraped together 3 "costumes" in 2 hours can't be that bad. Or can they?

Here are some Halloweekend hacks from a gal who didn't see Halloween coming.

1. Walmart is lit.

Yea, I know... Walmart. This one may be obvious to some, but we don't have Walmart in NYC so I was very impressed. They have lots of pre-made costume sets, and reasonably priced clothes- $8 dollar flannels make for a nice and (almost) warm lumberjack costume.

2. Get a fracket.

You'll be even MORE naked than you usually are (what, that's possible?). Buy one at your local beloved Walmart, make sure it's warm and don't grow too attached to it, although; you haven't experienced true joy until you retrieve your fracket from the same bush you left it in.

3. One tube of fake blood WILL go a long way.

Some nice fake blood completes any costume. Bloody lumberjack, bloody cop, bloody devil. Since college Halloween is approximately 4-5 days, by the last night you may just be sick of the whole thing, but here's some fun math-

anything + blood= instant costume..... Genius.

Sincerely,

A perpetual last-minute Halloweekender.