Halloween Costume Ideas: quick and cheap ideas

Fellow Monkeys help me out: I'm currently a senior in college and need a Halloween costume for parties & the bars tonight. So hit me with some good ideas of costumes that won't take much explaining and I can make with my own wardrobe or a quick & CHEAP trip to the mall. Thanks!

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Walter White w/ a bag of blue rock candy aka meth

Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
 

As you're posting on a wall street board for college costume advice I assume you're a huge dweeb, so just go as Mark Zuckerberg or some shit.

 

MUGATU from Zoolander.

I hope this is better than the last batch of shit you gave me. Produced more wood than Ron Jeremy. I don't want you to yell, "Reco!" anymore. Know what you should yell? "Timber!" Yeah, Mr. Fuckin' wood.
 

@happypantsmcgee , thats wicked offensive brah..... better not wear that anywhere near 617 or you will get literally murdered. If Bosox fans are flipping cars they will make it look like an accident.

I hope this is better than the last batch of shit you gave me. Produced more wood than Ron Jeremy. I don't want you to yell, "Reco!" anymore. Know what you should yell? "Timber!" Yeah, Mr. Fuckin' wood.
 

I wore something that would make the users who perceive the guidelines of attire as a religious cult have an aneurysm. I wore velvet suspenders, silver cufflinks with authentic rubies, a contrasting collar dress shirt, a bow tie, a tailcoat, a fedora, a pocket square, and an umbrella with a hidden blade, along with a Phantom of the Opera mask.

 
Al BundyI did Patrick Bateman
Did you wear the rain coat?

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"Have you ever tried to use a chain with 3 weak links? I have, and now I no longer own an arctic wolf." -Dwight Schrute
 

I'm going as a monster again, and wearing a big shaggy brown gown. When people ask me what kind of monster I am it's fun to say "a monster dump."

 
Ron PaulI'm going as a monster again, and wearing a big shaggy brown gown. When people ask me what kind of monster I am it's fun to say "a monster dump."
HAHAHAHA
 
bearingHoly crap sooooo many gangnam costumes tonight.

Hell yea there were. My friend actually wore the Psy costume, walked into the party right as the song was coming on and broke out into the dance. He had all the beezees for like 5 minutes. And then he didn't. Talk about disappointment :-p

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Yield Junkie All the Way...

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
E46fan91A Capitalist Pig...If that doesn't work out then I'll just be a Chilean Miner....

Oddly enough I'm going as a Chilean Miner.

On a side note, I saw a funny one that you could make relatively cheaply. Just get a large bag that you can actually fit in, through some suspenders on there so that it hang off your shoulders (with you in it) and then get one of those "Hi my name is..." stickers and write in the word "GOOD" and you are ready to rock and roll.

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

I think you should go as the WSO monkey. Get a monkey suit, tie a blow up palm tree to your back (so it comes over your head) and carry a fake laptop around your neck.

Anyone that send me a picture proving they did this will get a free WSO shirt. Obviously, not an easy costume to pull off, but would definitely give me (and I think everyone else on here) a good laugh.

 

A black-eyed tiger woods with associated mistress Antoine Dodson costume. They have a site selling these for 18.95 +S&H

 
jonnyseedI like the Kenny mother fucking Powers suggestion.

Yeah, but should he go with the first season poofy mullet, or second season cornrows with beads?

Or you could be Ashley Schaeffer, owner of Schaeffer bmw.

 

I already have mine. I bought a blonde wig, a red parka, and a stuffed toy cat. I'll just walk around laughing and tossing the cat at people.

 

Wall Street Occupier

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 
blastoiseWhat are you being for Halloween?

I think i'm going be a WSO user named Ant.

I'm working on my rants though so the costume really pops.

Attack someone immediately if they say a sentence with a word taxes in it.

 

Edmundo Braverman: The Real Most Interesting Man in the World.

I will regale everyone of stories of my joining a ninja cult in Southeast Asia, making and then losing millions on the Russian oil market, and then surviving after being dropped in the middle of the Amazon.

 
bortz911...surviving after being dropped in the middle of the Amazon.

That was just part of the date.

Death do us part? We'll see about that shit.

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

I'm a TA at my university for Business Finance and we have an exam on Halloween night. So, I will be proctoring and pacing up and down the isles as Darth Vadar. Yes, I already cleared it up with the professor! =)

 

I'm going to build a cubicle costume and walk around in it and pretend I'm an investment banker!

"Look, you're my best friend, so don't take this the wrong way. In twenty years, if you're still livin' here, comin' over to my house to watch the Patriots games, still workin' construction, I'll fuckin' kill you. That's not a threat, that's a fact.
 

i'm thinking hot-shot 80s banker the morning after a wild party: black blazer with no shirt underneath, boxers no pants, business socks no shoes, white powder under nose, flask in jacket pocket, 80s style wig, cigar, couple blonde honeys under my arms, any other accessories I could add to this?

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AndyLouisi'm thinking hot-shot 80s banker the morning after a wild party: black blazer with no shirt underneath, boxers no pants, business socks no shoes, white powder under nose, flask in jacket pocket, 80s style wig, cigar, couple blonde honeys under my arms, any other accessories I could add to this?

cock ring

More is good, all is better
 

stole this from another site.....but love it.... wearing my suit with a name-tag that reads "1%" ...Fuck you OWS

its one way or the other: hate me or admire.
 

At a party tonight one lady was wearing tie-dye shirt, some sort of burlap skirt, birkenstocks, and 2 signs: "we are the 99%" and "occupy wallstreet" .

Nothing special until you consider that it was a charity benefit with a fairly high admission cost, so nobody even remotely in the 99%. lol

There was also a dude in a real tron costume, turned out he is some exec at Disney

More is good, all is better
 
DonVon 3. "Holy S" Wear all brown and affix a halo above your head. It looks ridiculous, and I got the idea from a friend who did this a few years ago, but apparently everyone thought it was really funny when he explained what his costume was. This might be the winner for me, because once again, I like low-effort/high-reward costumes. What's a better ice breaker than explaining that your costume is, quite literally, holy s?

Pros: clever, cheap, not flashy Cons: people might not get it, not flashy (it's good and bad, okay?)

Discuss.

hmm this whole part reminded me of nicki minaj

 
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DonVon 3. "Holy S" Wear all brown and affix a halo above your head. It looks ridiculous, and I got the idea from a friend who did this a few years ago, but apparently everyone thought it was really funny when he explained what his costume was. This might be the winner for me, because once again, I like low-effort/high-reward costumes. What's a better ice breaker than explaining that your costume is, quite literally, holy s?

Pros: clever, cheap, not flashy Cons: people might not get it, not flashy (it's good and bad, okay?)

Discuss.

hmm this whole part reminded me of nicki minaj

Nicki is clever? News to me!
 

i know there's a lot of high schoolers on here, so I'm gonna suggest justin & selena (if u have a date)

older couples should try Kim K and Kanye

 
AndyLouische guevara w/ beret/wig (http://www.amazon.com/Che-Beret-Faux-Hair-Adult/dp/B003JA6714/ref=sr_1_…), beard, military shirt, cigar, and spouting lots of marxist rhetoric, "viva proletarian internationalism and world revolution!"
Actually this inspired me to come across this: http://www.amazon.com/Most-Interesting-World-Costume-Beard/dp/B005XELBJ…

Wish you could get these puppies overnighted, but I think from third-party sellers that's pretty unlikely. The Che idea would be badass.

 

I'm gonna go as a drunk that trys to sleep with women he met that night.

My drinkin' problem left today, she packed up all her bags and walked away.
 

Went as Cletus the Fox football robot last year. Costume took three weeks to make but gave me something to do during the week besides TV!

"I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people."
 

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