When it comes to leaving things to the last minute, I’m a pro. I was a journalism major in college, because there wasn’t really such a thing as studying for tests. There’s no big academic writing papers. It was all short succinct articles that I would write the day before class (or morning before, if I’m really being honest). This Halloween is no different. Sure, I have a few ideas about what I want to dress up as. Alas, I still haven’t settled on one idea.

For a while I thought I wanted to dress as a man who has the exact same name as me. He is a square dance caller with an impressive goatee and hilarious western shirts in his photos. It was the result of Googling myself. The problem is, almost nobody would get it.

Then I had the idea of dressing up as former WCW and WWF wrestler Mick Foley, aka Mankind, aka Cactus Jack, aka Dude Love. I think this would be hilarious. The problem is, it might be a bit random. Non wrestling fans may not recognize the costume of a current wrester, much less one that hasn’t been in the game for a decade.

I’ve even considered going as either Jake Blues or Bluto from Animal House. My hair has grown out a good amount and has a serious John Belushi quality to it. I even thought about donning the ‘COLLEGE’ sweatshirt and carrying around a tub of mashed potatoes all day. If someone asked me what I was, I’d gobble a mouthful, puff my cheeks out, and let the mashed potatoes erupt from my mouth. Get it? A zit!

I’ll probably end up being none of those things. It’ll be a game time decision. If you save things until the last minute as well, you may not have sent a Halloween email campaign yet. Luckily, Benchmark Email has your back. Check out our Halloween email templates before it’s too late!

Author Bio:

by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.