Halloween weekend comes around once a year, and whether you plan ahead or put something together last minute, the weekend always ends the same way: a huge hangover, still in that costume you’ll probably be embarrassed you wore when you look back in 10 years. Here are 5 realizations we all have about Halloween weekend!

1. Your costume

You spend weeks trying to figure out the perfect costume and putting it together (or if you’re like me, you put it together last minute every year). The pressure that comes with finding the perfect costume is always having to be something that everyone will get or you’ll be explaining the ENTIRE night! Costumes still aren’t easy to pick out-- when you were little you could be whatever you wanted to be, but now there is so much pressure to either be sexy or funny. Halloween for single girls has turned into who can wear less clothing. Guys on the other hand put a funny t-shirt on and usually call it a day.

2. Drinking

On Halloweekend, there are always some festive drinks that sound like a good idea but in the end are huge mistake. They taste delicious, usually like candy alcohol, but end up having 5 different types of alcohol in them which you somehow magically can’t taste. So before you realize it, you’ve had 5 drinks in less than an hour and spend the rest of your night either running away from your group like a drunken spaz, or have your head in the toilet.

3. Couples Costumes

Couples put way too much pressure on finding the right costume that’s either funny or really cheesy. It's hard enough to find your own costume, but now you have to find one that you both agree on, AND that you aren’t completely embarrassed to wear in public.

4. Lack of Candy

Once you’ve hit a certain age, trick or treating becomes socially frowned upon. College kids want free candy more than anyone, but the only candy we get on Halloween is if we drive to the store and buy it ourselves. And where’s the fun in that?

5. The Morning After

No one looks good when they wake up the next morning with a pounding headache, lipstick smeared across their face, still in their costume, trying to piece together the happenings from the night before, particularly which character from Stranger Things they made out with... Ooops!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Enjoy responsibly!