Money doesn’t have to be boring! Each week, CreditBloggers.com
takes a look at the lighter side of the personal finance world in a
series called Funny Money Friday.
Halloween is only two weeks away! Time to start planning this year’s costume. Here at CreditBloggers.com, we’ve come up with some timely, financial themed costume ideas. Take your pick:
Bankrupt Mortgage Broker
Wear your best suit with the pockets turned inside out. Carry papers marked with big red foreclosure stamps or a "bank owned" for sale sign. Look disheveled and sad. Maybe buy one of those Countrywide bracelets.Ben Bernanke
Sport a white beard and a blue suit. Carry a fed rate chart with you. Have your friends dress up as an angry mob of torch and pitchfork wielding investment bankers.Jim Cramer
Relive the glory days of Jim Cramer’s stock market meltdown. Tie and blue collared shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. Goatee. Button sound effect mechanism. Repeatedly scream "They have NO idea. NO idea!"Suze Orman
Bleach your teeth, part your hair, apply copious amounts of eyeliner and put on the brightest outfit. Bring a microphone and a copy of one of her books.Scam Lender
Monster mask combined with a polo shirt marked with some terrible made up lender name like "Cash One USA Best Loans Financial Inc." Offer to lend money to people if they give you a piece of candy. When given said candy, quickly eat it and run away.Identity Thief
Print out color photos of your friends and relatives and make them into masks. Dress all in black and look nefarious. Carry around credit cards, checks and "stolen" mail.
Any other financial costume ideas to add to our list? Share them in the comments section below. Have a great weekend!
Emily Davidson – Credit.com‘s Communication Director and former TransUnion credit expert. Emily writes about credit reports, credit cards, loans and personal finance as the CreditBloggers.com moderator.
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I agree with you about government not getting too involved. However, I think the feds will get way too involved, thinking that they need to spare people pain.