I was doing some math the other day and came to the conclusion that it’s perfectly logical to talk about Halloween now because of America’s ridiculous consumerism and commercialism (and no doubt one other “ism” I can’t think of at the moment) when it comes to holiday promotion.
Halloween makes me anxious. Why? Because it’s one of those holidays where you don’t get a costume until you have some place to wear it, which means sitting on the mailbox waiting for the Halloween Party invitation to arrive. Only I’m not exactly known as the party type of girl, or my friends don’t have parties, or I am a loser and everyone but me is invited to them.
And then, if you are invited to a party, all the good costumes are already taken.
The last time I went out on Halloween, I put together a horribly distasteful costume that would have offended people had I told them who I was trying to be.
So I just told people that I was a zombie prom queen.
Because saying I was Princess Diana after the accident would have gotten me beat up.
I know! I’m a terrible person. But that was eight years ago, and I’m way more sensitive now.
Okay, enough about me. Let’s talk about YOU and what you’re going to wear for Halloween this year. Why? Because the lovely people at HalloweenCostumes.com have asked me to give away TWO HALLOWEEN COSTUMES WORTH $50 each. How awesome is that?
HalloweenCostumes.com sells all kinds of costumes. From pirates to princesses to … Harry Potter!
They have kids costumes…
and adult costumes…
The Giveaway
Two winners will each win one Halloween Costume worth up to $50.
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Who Is Eligible
US residents only.
How To Enter
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You may have up to 3 entries by doing any of the following. Please leave one separate comment for each entry.
First Entry: Leave a comment.
Second Entry (optional): Retweet this Giveaway. Be sure to include @nannygoats and @funcostumes in the Tweet. Feel free to simply cut and paste this:
Halloween Costumes Already? Win one of TWO $50 prizes in a Dead Giveaway from @nannygoats and @funcostumes http://is.gd/uZIjgV
Don’t forget to come back and leave a comment, along with the URL to your Tweet. If you’re not sure how to do that, read my tutorial on locating Tweet URLs.
Third Entry (optional): Post this Giveaway to your Facebook page, by pasting the URL of this post into your status update on Facebook:
http://www.nannygoatsinpanties.com/2011/07/halloween-costumes-already-a-dead-giveaway.html
Don’t forget to leave a comment here saying you Facebooked it.
Deadline
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Entries will be accepted through Saturday, July 23, 2011.
Two names will be drawn at random after midnight on Saturday, so I hope you left your email address (which isn’t displayed to the public) in the comment form under “email address”.
That’s it! Thank you, and good luck!
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