Easy Ways to Prepare for a Halloween Party

If the Halloween party is at your home this year, you may be experiencing a mixture of excitement and anxiety. But you can certainly make your home look “bootiful” with a few well-placed “tricks.” Lighting can go a long way to creating a nice atmosphere for a Halloween party. If you don’t already have them, you might want to consider installing dimmers on your main lights (plus you can use them to save energy all year long).If you don’t want to go with dimmers, you can turn your lights off or switch out the bulbs to ones with a lower … Continue reading

Frugal Party Food

How do you feed 14 kids and 12 adults cheaply without being stingy? Here is how I made the most of the resources on hand to serve all of these people for very little money with a combination of store bought and homemade food (and I had a nice amount of leftovers). This past Saturday, we threw a nice-sized birthday party for my daughter, who by the way, insisted that we call her princess the entire time. Originally, we were going to pick up some pre-made food at our local pizza restaurant. The restaurant is a favorite one of ours … Continue reading