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"Um, have you looked at a calendar lately? Halloween is just around the corner! In case you put off hand-sewing your crazy-convoluted Lady Gaga tribute costume (like we probably will) file this list of cheap &amp;#x27;n&amp;#x27; easy costume ideas away for the morning of October 31st, when the &amp;quot;oh gosh what do I wear!&amp;quot; freak-out mode sets in. Consider your no-costume excuses completely busted and prepare to have some fun:Halloween Costume Idea 1: Tom Cruise in Risky Business What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: a guys button-down, white tube socks and sunglasses Why you should try it: It&amp;amp;#8217;s a look from a totally iconic scene&amp;amp;#8212;played by a totally hot man&amp;amp;mdash;and it&amp;#x27;d look even better on you. Need we say more? Halloween Costume Idea 2: Hooters Girl What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: orange mini-shorts, white tank, white sneakers, blue eyeshadow, socks or tissue to stuff your bra Why you should try it: Yes, it&amp;#x27;s revealing. Yes, it announces to the Halloween party-going masses that you&amp;#x27;re up for some serious flirting. But unlike the other Halloween costumes that fit that description (and there are TONS), this one comes with sneakers and shorts&amp;amp;mdash;meaning you&amp;#x27;ll be comfy all night long. Halloween Costume Idea 3: The Situation What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: fake tanner, gym shorts, tank top with abs drawn on it, laundry bag (and optional fake lip herpie) Why you should try it: Get a piece of the Jersey Shore phenomenon now&amp;amp;#8212;&amp;amp;#8216;cause who knows if anyone will care about it come next year. And more importantly, it&amp;#x27;s pretty funny stuff. Halloween Costume Idea 4: Betty White What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: white wig, snickers bar, a sparkly sweater (go fish in grandma&amp;amp;#8217;s closet!) Why you should try it: At age 88, Betty White is hotter than she&amp;amp;#8217;s ever been. One warning, though: People will crawl out of the woodwork to tell you how much they love her, so just brush up on your Golden Girls trivia before you head out the door. Halloween Costume Idea 5: Katy Perry on SNL What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: elmo tee cut into a plunging V, Bettie-page style wig Why you should try it: While any Katy Perry outfit is game for Halloween, we think her Banned-from-Sesame-Street look takes the cake. Halloween Costume Idea 6: Bedbug What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: fangs, head-to-toe brown clothes, eye mask, bedsheet and shopping bags from infected stores Why you should try it: Halloween is one big fright fest after all. Make a mark by giving everyone the creepy-crawlies. Halloween Costume Idea 7: the Walk of Shame What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: men&amp;amp;#8217;s shirt, short skirt, messy hair, smeared makeup and heels in hand Why you should try it: Completely unexpected, completely hilarious. And we bet you know someone who&amp;amp;#8217;ll think it hits a wee bit close to home. Halloween Costume Idea 8: Lady Gaga in &amp;amp;#8220;Telephone&amp;amp;#8221; What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: caution tape Why you should try it: It&amp;amp;#8217;s easy-peasy&amp;amp;#8212;just wrap yourself up! While everyone may be dressed as Gaga, we doubt they&amp;amp;#8217;ll pick this incarnation of the wacky songstress. Halloween Costume Idea 9: a Tweet What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: white shirt with &amp;amp;#8220;140 characters&amp;amp;#8221; written on the front Why you should try it: Because everyone&amp;amp;#8217;s on Twitter (including Glamour, hello!), and the whole costume takes less time than it does to Tweet. Bonus points for writing your @ handle on the back. Halloween Costume Idea 10: House Hunter International What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: real estate book, passport, stressed out expression Why you should try it: While we should all be so lucky to be agonizing over which Italian villa to buy, you can at least fake it for a night. Halloween Costume Idea 11: Adam Lambert Fan What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: black trench coat, lots of rings, copious eyeliner Why you should try it: Channel the inner goth kid you were oddly fascinated by in high school. Bonus points for breaking into a heartfelt rendition of &amp;amp;#8220;For Your Entertainment&amp;amp;#8221; at the drop of a hat. Halloween Costume Idea 12: Elaine from Seinfeld What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: long skirt, leather jacket, poufy hair and bad dance moves Why you should try it: Didn&amp;amp;#8217;t you hear the news? Elaine is back in style! Be sure to bust out her horribly embarrassing dance moves to really get into character. Halloween Costume Idea 13: Where&amp;amp;#8217;s Waldo What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: striped shirt, fake glasses, knit cap Why you should try it: You can go around hiding behind things all night saying, &amp;amp;#8220;Where am I?&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;amp;#8217;s like performance art, trust us. Halloween Costume Idea 14: Run DMC What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: anything in velour or velvet, chunky gold necklace, boombox to carry around Why you should try it: Secretly, you&amp;amp;#8217;ll never let the &amp;amp;#8216;80s go, but on Halloween, you don&amp;amp;#8217;t have to hide it. Halloween Costume Idea 15: a Bunch of Grapes What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: head-to-toe green, purple balloons Why you should try it: Reader Sally (purple in the pic above!) says she went as the Fruit of the Loom Grapes with her friends, Tara and Erin, and the look was a total hit! Halloween Costume Ideas 16: Picnic Table What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: plastic picnic tablecloth worn like a poncho, paper plates and empty juice boxes to glue to the front Why you should try it: Yours truly wore this when I was about 14, and years later, it&amp;amp;#8217;s still my favorite DIY costume of all time. If only I had pics for you gals&amp;amp;#133; Halloween Costume Idea 17: Pink Slip What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: pink-colored slip or nightgown Why you should try it: Because you get to go around yelling &amp;amp;#8220;You&amp;amp;#8217;re fired!&amp;amp;#8221; at everyone. All. Night. Long. Halloween Costume Idea 18: Sookie Stackhouse What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: fitted white tee, black shorts, green apron, black sneakers and red lipliner for drawing two bite marks on your neck Why you should try it: Do the vampire thing without channeling your inner Bella Swan. Halloween Costume Idea 19: Ke$ha at the VMAs What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: a trash bag Why you should try it: With Ke$ha, anything goes. If she can wear a trash bag to the VMAs, then you can surely make it chic for Halloween. Halloween Costume Idea 20: Gypsy What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: towel wrapped around your head, drapey dress, crystal ball Why you should try it: You&amp;amp;#8217;ve totally put on your Turbie Twist before and thought, &amp;amp;#8220;Post-shower gypsy glam.&amp;amp;#8221; So bring it on out of the bathroom, girl. Halloween Costume Idea 21: a Gleek What you&amp;amp;#8217;ll need: Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s October 2010 issue with Lea Michele, Teenbeat, school uniform, music charts Why you should try it: Gleek chic! (OK, how long have I been waiting to rhyme those?) The look is totally adorbs, plus your random outbursts of song will seem totally justified. So, regardless of whether you&amp;#x27;re a 5-minute costume or a 5-month costume kinda girl, we want to know: What are you wearing? And do you have any other dynamite 5-minute costume ideas? Leave &amp;#x27;em in the comments below (and send us snapshots of your big debut!). P.S. More Halloween costume inspiration! More Ways to Get Glamour: Got a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com Show your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Hysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. Follow us on Twitter and find out for yourself! (You won&amp;#x27;t regret it, we pinky-swear!) 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