27 Unique Excuses to Get Out of Anything

Let’s be real, every single one of us has lied to get out of going somewhere and there’s only so many times you can use the, “I’m sorry, I have my cousin’s birthday party,” bit. 

If you want to be the best hermit ever and never have to leave the house again, you have to get creative with your excuses. Without further ado, here is a list of unprecedented and totally believable excuses to give when you just don’t feel like changing out of your pajamas you’ve been wearing all week.

1. I just put my shoes in the washer. I can't go anywhere until they're dry.
   
   
   
2. I have to help my aunt pick out a hamster.
   
   
   
3. I have to help my aunt find her lost hamster.
   
   
   
4. I'm rearranging my bathroom.
   
   
   
5. I'm looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life in Montana through Google Earth.
   
   
   
6. I'm almost done rewatching every episode of Friends for the fifth time and I promised myself I wouldn't quit this time.
   
   
7. I'm helping my friend's cat give birth.
   
   
   
8. I had a nightmare that you killed me and I just really need to recover from that.
   
   
   
9. I'm working on my Ariana Grande whistle notes.
   
   
   
10. I have to alphabetize my colored pencils.
    
    
    
11. I don't want to drive my car. It's too dirty.
    
    
    
12. I'm Skyping a Scottish bicyclist during his trek through town.
    
    
    
13. Someone prank called me so I must find them and Liam-Neeson their ass.
    
    
    
14. I'm sewing a dress made of lint and it's very tricky.
    
    
    
15. I'm designing a line of clothes for feminine guinea pigs.
    
    
    
16. I'm at Ikea for lunch.
    
    
    
17. My pimples hurt too much to go outside.
    
    
    
18. I'm at my beat boxing lesson.
    
    
    
19. I just watched The Fault in Our Stars and I can't stop sobbing.
    
    
    
20. I'm pogo sticking to NYC.
    
    
    
21. My VCR is jammed.
    
    
    
22. I'm learning to give myself goosebumps.
    
    
    
23. I am filming an independent documentary on how 7/11 Nacho Cheese is actually hand crafted by Salem Witches with magic.
    
    
    
24. I'm trimming my eyebrows.
    
    
    
25. My eye just will not stop twitching.
    
    
    
26. I'm dying my hair the exact same shade it is just to see if anything will happen.
    
    
    
27. I'm making a tapestry of the opening shot of The Wolf of Wall Street.