Not long to go now, have you got your Halloween costume sorted out yet ? So like most of us, you are probably looking for something original before you make the final choice. This article will give you a couple of ideas, especially if you fancy going as a couple in a coordinated theme. In fact, it will focus on unusual couples costume ideas for Halloween 2009.

Couple costumes should say something about the relationship between the two people; it's another level of dialogue between the two. Here are two ideas that have markedly differing relationships, see how you find them.

The first is taken from the imagination of Victor Hugo. Quasimodo and Esmeralda is the tale of an ugly and deformed man with a caring and compassionate nature. He is a hunchback and is people in the town refer to him as the monster because of his coarse features and misshapen body. Esmeralda is a beautiful gypsy girl that he tries to woo through kindness and caring. Unfortunately she is attracted to another who is superficial and shallow but good looking. It doesn't end well for Quasimodo but maybe it will for you in a Quasimodo/Esmeralda couple's costume.

Another costume idea to consider is the Viking warrior and a Valkyrie outfit. A Valkyrie is a winged messenger from Norse mythology. She is often represented as the ideal of female beauty. As Viking warriors spent most of their time fighting, one of the things they dreaded most was a tap on the shoulder from a Valkyrie. She was indeed a messenger of death.

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When she appeared it meant you were not for this world. It wasn’t all bad news though because, provided you had fought heroically, she would escort you to Valhalla. Valhalla was the place where heroes lived afterlife, it was a hall, tavern or pub where heroes drank mead and enjoyed themselves.

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