And a little more shopping...

Hard to resist a sale when the same costumes we buy in October for about $30 each go on sale for less than $10!

This time the clearance was offering costumes in the $5-$8 range - and they even had a few we thought we could use - though we generally end up using the cheap costumes on props. But for a total of $20.95 (including shipping) for 3 costumes - I think we did pretty well!

More Halloween construction in a couple weeks. I've been taking some time off to catch up on the basement renovation but still have a couple big projects coming up!

The "nurse" will likely appear in our hospital area...

Another prop for the toxic waste area...

And you can never have enough creepy robed creatures in the graveyard.

Halloween shopping...

So we didn't find much worth buying at the National Haunters Convention, but I did catch a sale on costumes that was posted on Facebook a couple weeks ago!

For the most part the cheapo costumes you can buy in stores or online aren't usable out-of-the-box in a serious haunt, but with some touch-ups - or for use on a prop - they do nicely.

Even the cheap costumes these days seem to sell for $40-$60 though, so the clearance sale announced on Facebook caught my eye - most costumes were $10! 

Not being interested in superhero costumes, the few they had that fit with our haunt theme weren't available in many sizes - or were sold out before I could place my order - but I still managed to pick a few that we'll be able to use; 4 costumes and a small accessory all for a grand total of $50! I'll take it!

This year we have 4 areas we're "shopping" for;

• The "Hospital" (in the carport); featuring lots of blood (a new thing for us), the mad doc and some zombie-fied patients
• The "Morgue" (on the front porch)
• The "Toxic Area" (out back) where new zombies are created and old ones come to feed...
• The "Mine Shaft" (out back) which we started last year but which doubles in size this year - and will add space for 2-3 actors

So of the costumes I picked up; the doc and the zombie doc will be utilized in the hospital; the hazmat guy will find a spot (probably on a prop) in the Toxic area; and the scarecrow guy - well I thought it was just kind of cool and figure we'll dress up a prop in the woods in that outfit.

Up next; building on the morgue tables and a Hollywood-Haunters style ankle tickler...