Some
of the ladies I work with have been anxious for a get together at my
house. I decided to have them over for a
Halloween themed wine party. I set a
budget of $25 to put this together.
I
made the invitations on my computer and hand delivered them so no postage was
needed.
The
dollar store supplied me with Halloween plates, napkins, a black plastic table
cloth and a package of toy rings. I
thought the rings would make great wine glass markers. Pretty clever, huh? Total spent - $5.
Two
bottles of wine on sale for $5.99 each at Walgreens plus a$2 rebate on each
bottle. Total spent $9.98.
Isn't this cute? I tested it out to make sure they didn't fall off. They didn't. LOL. |
I
plan to make a few appetizers using items I already have on hand but I also
needed a few items as well. I bought half
a pound of shrimp on sale for $3.99/lb and cream cheese on sale for 88¢ each
along with a bottle of cocktail sauce for $.99.
I also picked up two boxes of crackers on sale for 2/$4 and used a $1
coupon - Total spent - $6.87
Ever make this easy shrimp dip? Layer cream cheese with cocktail sauce and shrimp. Serve with crackers. |
Walgreens
had peanuts and candy corn on sale so I picked up a bag of each to mix together
and set out in small dishes - total spent $2.99.
On
the invitations I asked the ladies to bring a bottle of wine or an appetizer to
share so there will have plenty to enjoy.
This not only helps with the expense but allows us to sample a larger
variety wines and tasty appetizers.
Grand
total spent $24.84. Barely made it but I
did it!
What a great idea. I might have to try this next year
ReplyDeleteEveryone is getting excited for Saturday. Me too!
DeleteHow cool! I think this is a nice idea for a get-together. And I have to say the appetizers are awesome- that shrimp cocktail dip looks so good (and easy!) I love candy corn and I love peanuts but until I read this I had never thought of putting them together! Great job with the planning and the budget!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Dawn You have got to try the candy corn and peanuts. Takes it to a whole different level.
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