GREAT FALLS — As Halloween approaches, many families are seeking unique and affordable costume ideas.

Rather than relying on online retailers or expensive seasonal pop-up businesses, some people are finding success in an unlikely place: their neighborhood thrift stores.

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Brittney Jensen, co-owner of Treasure Hunters at 813 Third Avenue South, says October is their biggest month.

"Yeah, people have been coming in asking, do you have this or that for a costume specifically?" she informed me. "I think the coolest one was a family doing a 1950s theme. They came in and looked."

Jensen and her partner founded Treasure Hunters in June, and she says Halloween shoppers visit every day for inspiration and bargain hunting.

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