Post-Tax Festivities

With tax season finally winding down to a close, you might feel a bit like celebrating. Yet if you're like me, your wallet probably doesn't feel very much like joining you in all that good cheer. So today, I'll be sharing with you a few party ideas that are not only quite cheap (or free), but also will provide for a bit of priceless post-tax season fun.

• Dress up in your flooziest of clothes and head out to the local bar/tavern to have all the single-but-lookings buy you a drink. (If you're male, you might need to go to a gay bar for this tip to work...)
  
  
• Host a leftover pot-luck. Let's be honest here, everyone has some sort of leftovers buried in the back of the fridge. So why not have all your friends bring their leftovers to your house? (Hey, if it's new to you, it's not leftovers.) Then, you can all sit down together and enjoy the leftover smorgasbord. It certainly beats eating the remnants of your weekly Hot Dog and Minute Rice Casserole... again.
  
  
• If you have children to entertain, I would normally advise you to grease up a piglet with crisco and let the children chase the slippery swine about the house. But since you probably don't have the money to rent a piglet, how about greasing up the house cat and setting the children upon it? Now that's fun for the whole family right there.
  
  
• Host a gypsy-themed barbecue complete with cold beans served straight from the can, bargain-basement wine, and stolen apple pie. And to keep your guests entertained throughout the party, be certain to organize some fun games like Who Wants to be a Panhandler?, The Great Goat Race, and Extreme Makeover: Gypsy Edition.
  
  
• And if you're married, simply wait for your spouse to come home. Then, greet your spouse at the front door and say, “You forgot what today is, did you?” Your spouse will be so embarrassed, thinking that he/she forgot an important date, that he/she will take you out for a nice dinner at a fancy restaurant and insist upon paying the bill. How's that for a cheap party?