How early on do/will you let your LO(s) choose Halloween costumes? Two weeks before? The beginning of October? Mid September? Any day now?

Two years ago, LO decided two days before Halloween that she wanted to be a bat when I'd already bought her a butterfly costume. She was so adamant and I found one for very little $$, so Amazon Prime saved the day. Last year, she picked a costume maybe 1 month or 3 weeks ahead, and didn't change her mind.

This year, DD1 has come up with a VERY SPECIFIC costume she'd like to wear (meaning....weird, nonsensical, creative, and won't be able to get something right off the rack - I'll need to modify a purchased costume, and even the purchased part is kind of a rare find). She's pretty serious about it and has mentioned it for a few weeks now. I'm considering just biting the bullet and buying it - I'm 32 wks pregnant with baby #3 and feel like it's definitely possible baby will be here before Halloween, so I'd kind of like to have things taken care of.