What's in Store

Tomorrow is the big day, but procrastinators still have time to find the perfect Halloween costume.

According to a recent Shopping.com consumer survey, 64 percent of respondents said that their top pick for the most popular pop culture costume this year was “Paris Hilton in a jail outfit.” Second pick was “one of the Transformers. ” Whether or not you want to jump on the bandwagon, run, don’t walk to your nearest specialty Halloween store or big box retailer for a costume.

You can also put your Paris Hilton costume together a la carte. Just buy a black and white striped skirt, cut it much shorter than is socially acceptable, make sure you have a lot of fake bling on, then have a great time.

A Transformer is a little bit trickier, but with some cardboard boxes, paint and stickers, you should be able to craft some passable robot parts.

If this is too much work for you, cut two holes in a white sheet and call it a night.

Sidenote: though we at Shopping.com love to dress up our pets for Halloween, it seems as if most Americans, do not. Only 18 percent of our survey respondents said they dress up their pets for the spooky day. Lucky for Fido.

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