From jackets made for the changing weather to spirits that warm you up in a different way, these are the items our editors were obsessed with this month

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Our shopping editors spent much of October hunting down the best Halloween costumes for our readers (there’s still time to check out our list before the clock strikes midnight on the 31st) and prepping holiday gift guides , because yes, it’s almost that time of year again.

In between, we tested hundreds of cool products, sipped some of the best spirits on the top shelf (and, for research purposes, a few from the lower one), and traveled to far-flung destinations that almost made us forget about the changing weather — at least those of us based in New York City.

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