Rabbiting on last minute halloween costume ideas

Don't be a scaredy cat, go as an electricity bill this Halloween

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Editor Abigail Rabbett, suggests some truly scary (and sarcastic) last-minute Halloween costume ideas

Hello and welcome to the very first edition of my column, Rabbiting On. It's the time of the week when I, the editor of this rocking website, get to write about whatever I want to - just because I can.

Hopefully, dear reader you will find some comfort in my rabbiting ramblings. This week's topic: Halloween.

Love it or loathe it, there's no denying Halloween just keeps getting bigger and bigger. When I was younger (dear god, don't I sound old at the ripe age of 26?) you'd *maybe* go trick or treating, or someone would throw a party. But now it's a big event, as big in some households as *hushed tones* Christmas.

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Don't get me wrong I love the spooky season, and I'm always down for a bit of vampire roleplay (Dracula or Edward Cullen I'm not fussy) but the supermarket costumes just aren't doing it for me anymore. Because - brace yourselves for the big profound moment here - they aren't scary enough to compete with the horrors of everyday life.

If you really want to dress up as something frightening this Halloween, why don't you ditch the cat ears and capes and instead dress up as my electricity bill? Cue the claps of thunder, lightning strikes, and menacing laughs... Or alternatively as the cost of a tub of Lurpak - BEFORE you use your Tesco Clubcard.

Failing that you could always go as the contraceptive pill - or the pamphlet of side effects that go alongside it. I mean it can't be THAT hard to dress up as crippling anxiety, migraines, and mood swings, can it?

As for me, I think I'll be going as the half-a-stone I consistently lose and gain every two weeks, depending on the weather. The costume includes 1 x pair of jeans that fit me before Storm Babet struck and I was forced into hibernation mode. Share bag of Haribo sold separately.

Ok, ok one final sarcastic suggestion from me for the youngsters, how about dressing up as someone who HAS to study maths until they're 18... That would petrify me.

Of course, I write this all in jest and I absolutely still want to see all the classic photos of babies dressed up as pumpkins and people's dogs in fancy dress. BUT if someone rocks up at my door dressed as a receipt from their weekly shop, they will be getting an extra Twix fun size.

Rabbiting On: "Looking for a last-minute Halloween costume? Go as my electricity bill"