Mundane halloween

I can't tell you how many times I have been "girl who forgot trash pickup in the airplane by five seconds."

Each year since 2014, a group in Japan holds a Halloween event where people come dressed not as witches, Avengers, or zombies but

The idea behind "Mundane Halloween" is just as it sounds: people dress up in a costume that tells a boring story and involves plain and regular clothes.

A coffee machine filling a cup exactly to the brim. People's belongings stacked neatly like Tetris bricks in a mover's truck. Even the mundane can be beautiful.

Lauren: This is my son Jeremy. My mother made the costume.

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Would that we all dressed for Halloween as “lady who can’t find a seat at the food court.”

If you thought that preparing for Halloween means investing a lot of your time and resources into an elaborate, tricky and unique costume, you’ll be surprised to see how people came up with smart ideas to avoid the hassle of spending all of their time creating crafty costumes.