Halloween

Smart Spending Halloween Costumes FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009 file photo, Lisa Moore, of Baltimore, Maryland, walks through Salem, Mass., in costume, days before Halloween. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)

A decked-out house in Waldorf, Md. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

Penguins stroll down M Street in Georgetown. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck

Hippies aren't afraid of scarecrows. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

Four friends fill their buckets on O Street in Georgetown. (WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck)

WTOP/Andrew Mollenbeck

A house in the Fern Hill neighborhood of Waldorf, Md., has all types of creepy fake bodies and parts in their garage for Halloween. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

80s rock star David Cantillo is ready for trick- or-treating. (WTOP/Laurie Cantillo)

WTOP/Laurie Cantillo

Landon Garrity, 8, Kelsey Garrity, 5, and Rachel Brasch, 9, are ready to go trick-or-treating in Waldorf, Md. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

WTOP/Darci Marchese

Rachel Brash, 9, dresses as a dark angel. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

WTOP/Darci Marchese

Hannah and Heidi Howard from Chevy Chase, Md., are in a New York state of mind this Halloween.

Leave a husband at home alone with paint, a pumpkin and kitchen utensils during superstorm Sandy and this is what happens.

Problem. Mega bag of Tootsie Rolls only has a few left and the trick-or-treaters will be here in a couple of hours. Hopefully, they like fruit chews and Goldfish.

"Abby Cadabby" warming up her wand at Boo at the Zoo.

The Hulk visits Chestertown, Md.

Britain Halloween Zoo A meerkat, (Suricata suricatta) tries to get at feed inside a pumpkin placed in their enclosure during a Halloween event for the media at London Zoo in London, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A festive house on Elsa Avenue in Waldorf, Md. (WTOP/Darci Marchese)

WTOP/Darci Marchese

Kristin Cavallari Kristin Cavallari, second from left, judges the Bing It On Halloween Costume Challenge at Spirit Halloween, on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Images)

Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Images

Power Rangers at Childrens Hospitals In this handout photo provided by Saban Brands, The Power Rangers Super Samurai visit and entertain patients for Halloween during a Spirit of Children party at Children’s Hospital Orange County, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Orange, Calif. (Photo by Saban Brands/Invision/AP Images)

Photo by Saban Brands/Invision/AP Images

Superman and friends.

Two Angels at Halloween

The neighborhood girls at Halloween

Angry Bird Halloween

Bad Piggie - Halloween

Pumpkins

Layla the Lobster

Finnegan the ring tailed lemur

My favorite pumpkin from last year's Halloween

Pansies in a pumpkin

Chadwick's of Old Town Alexandria usually gets creative.

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20121027173431 (2).jpg Dominic as DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba won 3rd place at Six Flags America's Looney Tunes Costume contest during 2012 Fright Fest (Provided by "ms. michelle")

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