Surefire ways to incorporate your now useless Halloween costume into your professional wardrobe

Halloween may be done, but your desire to extend the lifespan of your meticulously crafted costume sure isn't. Stop neatly folding and storing the physical representation of the one night a year you feel free, and wear it to work immediately! Sound too ghould to be true? We'll show you howl.

ADOPT AND ENFORCE A DARING MONIKER

People were always questioning Amanda Lee Rogers until she became Portia De Rossi. Now, they wouldn't dare.

FOR EXAMPLE: Refer to yourself in the third person as 'The Artist.' When asked why you're still clothed in a bloody ball gown, you can easily reply "It is The Artist's way."

MISDIRECT

To be challenged on your wardrobe choices, you have to be caught in them … so make it impossible.

FOR EXAMPLE: Throw a smoke bomb each time your boss makes a move to point out your violation of the dress code, letting them just catch a glimpse of your Dalmatian print cape as you escape in the confusion.

USE IT AS UNDERGARMENTS

The greatest setback one faces in the repurposing of a costume is the mindset that it's always meant to be visible.

FOR EXAMPLE: If you can wear a bra, you can wear two purple novelty seashells in place of it.

STRIKE FIRST

Send a mass email announcing a major life event prior to showing up for your shift.

FOR EXAMPLE: "Accidentally" forward a sonogram photo to the whole office. If anyone even begins to mention that your shirt is in fact a padded, muscular version of Ironman's suit, interrupt them immediately and say, "Really? Are we actually talking about this right now?"

ACCESSORIZE BOLDLY

If you add more to what you're already wearing, people will notice its seasonal nature less.

FOR EXAMPLE: Sporting a raspberry beret or Slytherin's locket will draw the attention up to your face, and away from a look that screams "Lieutenant Starbuck works as a Health Information Analyst."

CALL OUT HYPOCRISY

Becoming an animal is a popular All Hallow's choice that shouldn't be limited by social mores.

FOR EXAMPLE: If directly confronted about your Drogon-esque getup, respond scathingly with "Oh, so the only tails we can celebrate are pony and pig? Not dragon? Pfft. That's kind of messed up."

BE A LOOSE CANNON

If they can't predict your behaviour, they can't control your attire.

FOR EXAMPLE: Loudly assert "If just one more thing goes wrong I'm gonna lose it …" before entering any break room or shared work space in what can only be described as a giant banana suit.  

ENCOURAGE OFFICE BONDING

You can't spell "uniform" without "u" 'n "i." Remind your coworkers of this.

FOR EXAMPLE: Spend $1000 on matching costumes for the colleagues most precious to you, so you don't waste the $200 it took to become The Tardis.

CHANGE PROFESSIONS

You can wear anything when you're a children's theatre performer.

FOR EXAMPLE: Every children's theatre performance.

WORK FROM HOME

This is probably best.

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