Halloween preparation hits Mt. Pleasant early

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Not only did Mt. Pleasant experience an influx of heat this past summer, it also experienced an influx of Halloween costume stores.
The Halloween Store, located behind the Mission Mall on South Mission Street, opened up about August 21.
Manager Phyllis Ramirez said this is the earliest the store has opened.
“We’re usually not open until after Labor Day,” she said. “We’re a college town, we decided we want to get our foot in the door.”
Ramirez said that this will be The Halloween Store’s second year at its present location, but the Bay City franchise has had a presence in Mt. Pleasant for 15 years.
“We always aim for by campus, and we’re not the only one who comes into town usually,” Ramirez said. “We vie for locations.”
The Halloween Store’s Assistant Manager Erica Aasved said her store offers “everything,” including men, women and children’s costumes, leggings, tutus, decor, fake
weapons and masks, among other things.
Claudia Joslin, co-owner of Halloween Central, said that while her store at 2014 S. Mission Street specializes in pre-packaged costumes, and goes through between 2,500
and 3,000 of them a season, it also offers hats, shoes, accessories, props, pet costumes and make-up, among other things.
The only thing the store doesn’t stock is decorations, she said.
“None of the big scary stuff,” she laughed.
While a lot of Halloween Central’s customers are students, Joslin said she does see a fair amount of community members stop by to browse the offerings.
Joslin said Halloween Central has been located at its Stadium Mall location for about four years.
Prior to that, she said, the costumes were sold at Heart Strings and Fun Things downtown before it closed down.
Unlike The Halloween Store, Joslin said, Halloween Central doesn’t see the value in opening early.
The store opened Labor Day, she said, and business won’t really pick up until October starts.
Most of the shoppers now are just browsing while they’re in the area, Joslin said.
The store is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday.