How to save money on a movie party
My older son is turning twelve this week. He’s having a movie party, which is where I let him take a number of friends to a movie. Now we’re going to a matinee, which will save a little per head. As far as snacks go I’ll bring some in myself, only buying the popcorn and drinks. But for the drinks if you buy the huge size the theater will give you share cups, which means they’ll give you a stack of smaller cups to split the huge drink into. And the huge size can be refilled for free. Lastly, I printed the invitations myself. I put the image I wanted on one side, in this case a theater motif. After printing ten of those I put that paper back into the printer in another direction and printed the details – movie, date, time, place, rsvp info, etc. After that side printed I folded the paper in half and we were done. Printing the invitations alone probably saves us $8-$12 on just invitations and spares me the time it would take to write them all out. And they’re customized too, because you can put whatever you want on them. Not bad, right?
