How to have a Fun Night with your Friends with only $20!

Going out costs so much money. What if I told you that you could turn ALL the way up with your friends with only $20! Now that doesn't mean you only need $20 with your money combined, it means that you need $20 each! Compared to going out and having to pay for where you go, where you eat and what you drink... that is still a STEAL. This is the ultimate cheat sheet for PERFECT game night that you guys will be laughing about for the next couple of weeks.

So what does every game night, girls night or kick back need?

Food

Drinks

Games

Music

Most of the game nights I have been in attendance to, involved ONE person cooking and buying all of the food. Considering how many people actually show up to game night, you have no idea how much financial and physical responsibility that is on one person, especially since the function is already at their house. Now they have to host, cook and clean up not only their house but the dishes once everybody leaves.

MY advice for making sure that their is food for everyone is to do one of two things, either have everyone BUY ONE thing from the store that can be shared or go to a Pizza Place and do the two for $5.99 deal. Now most Pizza Delivery places are going to have this deal or something extremely similar to it. For now, I know that Pizza Hut and Hungry Howies has this deal. This way everybody can put in under $10 for everyone to eat and you don't even have to worry about washing dishes after. Whats even better is, everyone will not need to put in because everyone will not need their own personal pizza.

If everyone is not a fan of pizza, the beauty about most of these deals is that its 2 for $5.99 of anything on the menu. You could get one pizza and one order of wings or an order of wings and some breadsticks. I personally feel like this is the best and cheapest option though for game night because you want something that can be eaten and served fast. It's also a bonus that you don't have a huge mess to clean up once everyone is done.

Now as for drinks, if you and the gang want to get drunk or just a little tipsy during your game night or whatever... I have the perfect solution. Have you ever noticed that whenever you go out, you can spend up to $30 on drinks by YOURSELF and still not even be drunk or just be getting to the edge of tipsy. Well, let's skip empty your pockets for a buzz by going to Walmart and getting a Jugg or Two of juice and a bottle of liquor. To stay within the $20 budget between you and your friends, get Caliber and Hawaiian Punch or Caliber, Pineapple Juice and Grenadine. If you are into Pina coladas, before leaving the store just grab a can of lopes coconut cream.

Now as for games, I actually make all of my own. This is a little bit of a pre-investment if you want to take it to the level that I did. I bought a poster, markers, a sharpie and index cards. With all of that I mad my own game board for adults who were drinking. Each spot that you land on has a different thing that you have to do. Ever since I started pulling this board game out, my game nights have been way more fun.

If you do not want to make your own gameboard, find a pen and buy some index cards. On every card write something fun to do such as Never Have I Ever, Category or Duck Duck Goose if you're into moving around. You can Google adult games for game night to get some more ideas of what to put onto the index cards. You can even limit to what is on the cards by making each thing something to act out for charades. If you do this, you will automatically find something to keep all of you entertained for hours. You would be surprised how long an adult drinking game can keep everyone occupied. The best part is that, this is a one time investment. Once the game is made, you never have to spend money on games again. You can just continue to add to the one you have already made if you want some variety.

Now as far as music goes, thats easy. Have someone bring a speaker and plug your phone in. If no one has a speaker and you don't want to buy one (there are also some at the dollar store), you can either play the usic directly from a laptop OR play the music from your phone and put your phone inside of a cup or a bowl with the speaker facing down.

If you do all of this, you will most likely have money left over. Game nights can be so fun whenever you get everyone interacting and out of their phones.