This was a purchase of a costume to go to a very important Halloween party in which the host and hostess requested to come as "your favorite Monster".  I did not have a Monster costume and had to order one.  The original date of delivery was for Monday, October 29th, which would have been in plenty of time for Halloween, but not for the party on Saturday, October 27th.  To my pleasant surprise, it arrived on Friday, October 26th, in time for the party.  Thank you to Amazon and their vendor, California Costumes, for saving me some extra cash [so I would not have to got to a Costume Store to buy one in time for the party].  The quality of the costume was wonderful also....I won 3rd Place in the cosutme contest!!!!!