The next 3 days or so is the final rush for online Halloween shopping, so retailers are offering some good deals. Costumes are flying off the shelves too, so if you don’t have your costume yet then you need to either buy RIGHT NOW or plan to wear a DIY get-up. I did some online shopping this morning and had an eerily perfect experience, but I’ll save the details for after the deals and coupons below. Some of them expire this weekend, so don’t wait!

Extremely Time-Sensitive Deals

• Fright Catalog: Same day shipping on most orders placed by Noon EST. Variable shipping costs. Place an order of $50 or more TODAY (October 21st, 2006) and receive 2 R.I.P. Rewards cards worth $10 each for future purchases of $40 or more (details here).
• Buy Costumes: $0.99 FedEx Ground shipping and $5.99 FedEx Express shipping for orders over $60. Expires Sunday October 22, at 11:00 P.M. CST. Not sure which shipping method you will need? Check their handy “order by” chart.
• Hot Topic: 50% off all pre-packaged costumes. Orders must be received by Monday, October 23rd to arrive by Halloween.

More Great Deals

• Spirit Halloween: 15% off pirate costumes, sexy costumes, and theatrical quality costumes. Use coupon codes “pirate15“, “sexy15“, or “theatrical15“, respectively. Or save $5 on any purchase of $15 or more. Variable shipping costs. Not sure which shipping method you will need? Check their handy “order by” chart.
• Costume Craze: $5.99 flat rate shipping. All Orders placed by 3:00 pm MT on weekdays will be shipped the same day
• Flirty Lingerie: 10% off using coupon code “spooky“. Variable shipping costs.
• Spook Shop: $5.99 flat rate shipping for most costumes. Most orders ship within 1 business day.
• Nickelodeon Shop: 20% off costumes, plus free shipping on orders over $75.
• Target: Free shipping on most costumes (and a lot of other items), plus 10% off your entire order.

So this is the first year that Sean and I are buying our costumes (here are some of our past homemade costumes). Buy Costumes is always our first choice for online Halloween shopping, but the costume I wanted had been out of stock during the critical time of Oct 12th until this morning. When I woke up and saw an e-mail alert that was a mere 15 minutes old, I scrambled to place my order before my costume sold out again. The product page noted that every other size was sold out for the season and only my size was available. No pressure or anything. I placed my order as fast as I could, and afterwards the costume page was noted as being “sold out for the season”. Wow, I got the last one! Fast forward 4.5 hours and I just received my shipment confirmation e-mail, ensuring that I’ll have my outfit in time for the costume party I will be attending on the 28th. Now that’s Halloween magic.