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So you’ve got a big celebration coming up, and you want it to be special. Only thing is, since the economy took a turn for the worse, the pennies are kinda tight at the moment, getting in caters or calling your local Chinese takeway is never cheap. Your event can also go off with a bang, without you having to spend loads.

• Doing the food yourself. Usually with an event you’ve got hundreds of things to organise, and if you can get someone else to worry about the food, thats one detail taken care of. BUT, you gotta save the pennies, and your not liking the prices the outdoor catering firm has quoted. So although its another chore to do, itll be cheaper to do it by yourself. This could prove to work in your favour as you now have total control over your events food. This way you can make that wheat free meal for the family member who cant eat wheat.
• Draft in favours. Seeing as your now holding the event yourself, your gonna need to call in those favours to get this done. Call in any favours owed and try to get any family members will spare hands or time to give you. Its gonna be a case of all hands on deck for this one, and while ‘too many chefs spoil the broff’, just the right amount can work out just fine.
• Buy a cheaper brand when shopping. Your guests probably wont even noticed if you swap for a cheaper brand if you dont mention it. The stigma over buying cheaper brand food shouldnt really be around in the middle of a recession. This will give you some cash to spend on another part of the party -nice work.
• Use your house as the venue. Probably not what you had in mind, but it can still be a memorable party. You can now put that money back into the bank and smile about the fact you’ve saved afew more pennies. For a bigger event you could even, as long as you permission, use a location out in the countryside, for a touch of class.

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