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If you’ve waited until the very last minute to plan your Halloween costume (like a certain someone in the CheapTweet office, but I won’t name any names), we’ve gathered up some ideas for you. These are fast and inexpensive ways to get in the Halloween spirit. If you have other suggestions, please leave them in the comments!

Ghost. This is the old standby. Just cut eyeholes out of a white sheet and you’re done, Charlie Brown-style (pictured to the right). Make liberal use of the word “Boo”.

Zombie anything. Dress in any kind of outfit (e.g. prom queen, business person, pajamas), paint your face with white makeup, use gray and purple makeup to make bruises under your eyes, and cover yourself and your outfit in fake blood. Now you’re the undead. Be sure to moan about brains all night.

Yourself from another time. Dress up in an outfit appropriate for another decade (past or future). Fix your hair and makeup as appropriate for that decade. Now you’re you from that time. Thanks for the idea, @JenHarris09!

A friend or family member. Borrow clothes from a friend or family member and dress and act like that person. This is particularly funny if that person doesn’t look or act at all like you, and if you’re going to a party where many of the guests know both of you. The key here is to do a good impression – pick out one or two unique mannerisms or catchphrases and repeat them throughout the night.

We asked our Twitter followers for other ideas. They had some great – and funny – suggestions:

• @jayv: I grabbed a werewolf wig, cut out the sideburns, and got cheap eyeliner. Voila!!! I’m Robert Pattinson!
• @Goodgoth:  Bag of jelly beans – make bag of clear plastic around torso – stuff with colored balloons
• @LSUCait: saftey pin dryer softener sheets to your clothes and you can be static cling
• @Goodgoth: Tea Bag Halloween costume – sheer fabric formed into bag around yet torso – stuff with leaves – make cardboard “tag” hat
• @MetzyMom: Eddie Munster: Black pants, white shirt, a stuffed doll, makeup. Herman Munster: Black shoes, wrinkled suit from thrift store, black shirt, green makeup, silver makeup for bolts in neck
• @LollyBopBaby : A tutu!
• @couponbootcamp: Quick easy costume: monkey backpack harness, put on a safari hat and khakis = zoo worker
• @pumpkinpetunias: This skirt from Children’s Place makes the perfect witch skirt and can be worn again!

Here are a few more lists of creative, but simple and cheap, Halloween costume ideas.

• Scary cheap last minute Halloween costumes
• Last-minute quick costume ideas
• 10 cheap last minute Halloween costume ideas
• 50 last minute, easy Halloween costume ideas

And though it’s too late to do your Halloween shopping online, this year’s leftover Halloween merchandise will be deeply discounted starting on Sunday. Check out all the Halloween discounts and sales on CheapTweet.

Have a fun and safe holiday!

Halloween is a few weeks away, and it’s definitely time to start thinking about what you’re going to do to celebrate. We’ve already seen tons of Halloween deals on CheapTweet.com. Here are a few resources to help you save some money this Halloween.

Amazon’s Halloween Store is filled with savings on costumes, candy, accessories, decorations, and more. There’s still plenty of time to order and have your items delivered before the 31st.

And be sure check out all the Halloween deals and coupons in our special CheapTweet Halloween section. We’ve found more than 4,000 discounts on Halloween items over the past few weeks, and we’ll find lots more before the holiday’s over. Before you buy anything online or in-store this season, do a quick CheapTweet search first to see if you can find a coupon or discount for it.

WalletPop has a useful list of ways to save money this Halloween, including buying candy in bulk and making your own costumes. And Deal Seeking Mom has some other good ideas about how to save money on costumes.

Speaking of making your own costumes, here are a few of the funniest and most adorable homemade – and cheap – Halloween costumes (this post is fine, but the site has a few links that are NSFW) we’ve ever seen.  We completely support making costumes at home, as it allows you to be creative and save some money, and we especially support it if your kids look as cute as these kids do. My favorite is the little lobster in the pot.

Thrifty Mommy has a list of tips on how to save money on candy. For example, stay away from chocolate; other candies are less expensive and just as tasty.

So, what are you doing this Halloween to save money? If you have any tips, we’d love to hear about them!

I know, it’s still August. But, it is almost September and as ridiculous as it always seems, that means we’re heading into the holiday shopping season. Summer has blown by, and fall probably will, too.  December will be here before we know it (and as of today, there are only 119 shopping days left before Christmas).

For shoppers, it probably is a bit early to be thinking about buying holiday gifts. Or is it? Bargain hunters know that to find the best deals, you need time. The longer you can spend looking for the right item at the lowest price, the more money you’ll save. Besides, wouldn’t it be nice not to have to rush around at the last minute? Between now and the end of the year, we’ll be posting all kinds of tips to help you with your holiday shopping, as well as sharing the best deals we can find. We know this will be a tough season for a lot of families struggling to find extra money to buy gifts, travel to see loved ones, and host holiday dinners and parties. So we’re going to do all we can to help you save some money this year.

For retailers and sellers, now is the time to be thinking about your holiday strategy.  What special discounts will you offer to attract customers? What kinds of promotions will you run to drive traffic? How will you use Twitter and other social media tools to make sure shoppers find you and your products? Throughout the fall and into the winter months, we’ll be sharing our thoughts on these topics to help sellers of all sizes make the most of this shopping season.

At CheapTweet, we want to help connect retailers and customers.  We do this in several ways:

• Our free service, where we find every deal, coupon, discount and special on Twitter and put them on CheapTweet.com for anyone to use, whether or not they have a Twitter account
• Affordable advertising on our site, based on an advertiser’s Twitter profile
• CheapTweet Stores, a customized portal for a brand’s e-commerce Twitter activity
• The CheapTweet blog, where we post on topics ranging from saving money, using Twitter to promote your small business, shopping ideas and specific products we like, and much more

We’re going to be working hard this holiday season to make sure shoppers find the best deals on the products they want. So stay tuned, and please let us know if you have any questions or if we can help you in any way. Finally, we’d like to be the first to wish you “Happy Holidays”.