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"Anyone get their October issue of Glamour yet? (Gwen Stefani looks fantabulous!) Well, in the pretty-skin story on page 108, tip No. 8 says stress can make your face a big ol&amp;amp;#8217; mess. One proven stress-buster? Hang time with your BFFs. So it seems the impromptu Girls&amp;amp;#8217; Night In I hosted Friday night was good for my social life and my skin. Sweet! Here&amp;amp;#8217;s how it went down.Ladies! Ladies! Stop oinking! I want to put in the movie! You might recall (from this post) that as of Friday at noon, I had no weekend plans. Luckily I was able to round up some lady friends and wound up having a really fun night. Everyone brought wine and I whipped up a few snacks. (I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know why the lighting in the pictures makes it look like I live in a poorly lit carnival fun house, but I swear I don&amp;amp;#8217;t.) &amp;amp;#8220;Pre-dipped&amp;amp;#8221; orange and red pepper slices in Annie&amp;amp;#8217;s Naturals Goddess Dressing. This is one of my most-favorite hostess tricks. Fill the bottom quarter of a rocks glass with dip or dressing, then arrange sliced veggies (I&amp;amp;#8217;ve also done green beans, wax beans and carrots) in the glass. Roasted chickpeas. Sooo tasty&amp;amp;#8212;and really good for you! Rinse a can of chickpeas in a strainer then toss them in a bowl with a tablespoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of pepper, a teaspoon of salt, and a teaspoon of spice mix (I used McCormick Cracked Pepper Corn Herb Roasting Rub). Toss &amp;amp;#8217;em on a rimmed baking sheet the roast &amp;amp;#8217;em in the broiler for about 10 minutes. Yum-tastic. Root beer floats. Rory loves finishing a dinner party with these. (I just wanted something sweet!) I know the picture is totally blah, but they tasted good! On my way home from the food co-op I saw one of those dodgy characters hawking $5 bootleg copies of The Hangover, which I&amp;amp;#8217;m dying to see. I was tempted to buy it, but I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t want to tempt karma and wind up paying $5 for a blank DVD or someone&amp;amp;#8217;s homemade porn. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s what we did instead. DIY mani-pedis. I have more than enough supplies (this is about an eighth of them) and we had nothing but time on our hands. Scrabble! Yes, &amp;amp;#8220;veg&amp;amp;#8221; and &amp;amp;#8220;yurt&amp;amp;#8221; are both words, per Merriam-Webster. Origami crane making. (Huh?) Seriously. A friend wants to hang paper cranes at her upcoming wedding, so I&amp;amp;#8217;ve been banging them out in my spare time (and forcing my guests to do the same). I&amp;amp;#8217;m almost 200 in. And instead of The Hangover, we watched my $5 (non-bootleg) copy of The Corpse Bride, which you might recall was one of the impulse purchases from this trip. All said, it was a totally fun (and cheap!) night. Did anyone else have a fun and frugal weekend? Or did you blow a bunch of cash doing something wild? (I won&amp;amp;#8217;t judge!!) Want more inexpensive Girls&amp;amp;#8217; Night In ideas? Here are some Little Miss Fortune readers&amp;amp;#8217; faves. Rather spend your down time with your honey? Try these reader-approved date-night ideas. More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow glamour_sexlove on Twitter. Photo 1: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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