aubreyoday posted to her Instagram:

"I'm a lil Indian girl for the festivities tonight! I made my entire costume, including headdress!"

I know she thinks it's an homage, but I think it's awkward.

As I go through Instagram, Tumblr, etc, I keep finding awkward Halloween costumes.

Posting here for your enjoyment...

If you're going to be a cat, stay away from vinyl...

...and also don't skew too cute. Too cute is awkward.

Also, ladies should not go as Mario, Care Bears, Pac Man, Roosters, or Chewbacca. As you can see below, all of these are just WRONG. Stop messing with my childhood!

Sesame Street does not approve of the slutty costumes.

http://gothamist.com/2012/10/19/slutty_big_bird_costume_got_more_sl.php

Good for them, Soyeun! This sliding scale is quite helpful to anyone who wants to go as Big Bird (thanks to Mitt Romney):

Bill Murray tried to find a non-skank costume but eventually gave up.

The hot costume this year is Binders Full of Women Costumes.

Awkward bro's like to call attention to their genitals.

Dude, no one wants to play Twister with you. Not funny at all.

Everyone else: Don't make costumes that get people to look at your junk.

Instead, go for clever, like this dog carrying a gift costume.

See more great dog costumes for ideas.

Vampires are okay but avoid the awkward creepy contacts, please.

Also, do NOT dress your dog as a creepy spider. No one wants to see that.

Might I suggest instead dressing your dog up like the Death Star?

Always a crowd pleaser!

And don't forget the shoes!

Hard to have an awkward costume list without this one:

actually disagree with you on most of these Adam. Most of these are all good fun for Halloween

Tell me that Avengers image isn't awkward. :)

One person's awkward is another person's fun.

We're gonna be the Justice League for Halloween!

See also: the best Binders Full of Women Halloween Costumes I found.

And: the best Halloween Costumes I found on Reddit, Imgur, and 9gag.

Grumpy Cat, we choose you!