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Hen Nights at Home

What's the main difference between getting plastered and playing drinking games down the pub, and getting plastered and playing drinking games in your living room? About 50 quid a head and a three-piece suite that'll never be quite the same again.

If your gaff can accommodate it and your other half is happy to skidaddle, then you can save a ton of cash on booze and cabs by throwing a Hen Party at home. Just make sure to cover up those furnishings: red wine cocktails are divine in your gob but they're hell on the carpet. More top tips...

1 Decorate!

Let your imagination run riot. It's best not to let the bride organise this bit. First, secretly gather incriminating photos of your hostess from family and friends. Photocopy the pics in colour, then get out the scissors or find a Photoshop-savvy mate, and set about planting your hostess in some celebrity scenes. So if she fancies Colin Farrell, make pics of your hen in compromising shots with our Col and cover her walls with them. It goes without saying that you should also plaster her gaff with balloons, streamers, silly string and other things that'll take you weeks to clean off.

2 Can you feel the vibes?

They used to be known as something else, but now they're LoveHoney parties. If you're the organiser, play Santa and order a bunch of sex toys and saucy games from your favourite online store, wrap each one individually and make a huge lucky dip. Make sure there's at least one Jessica Rabbit in there somewhere! Every time a hen obeys a dare or polishes off another Screaming Orgasm, she gets another toy and has to demonstrate what she'd do with it. Up to a point.

3 Hire a servant

Fancy some pampering? There's no law saying you have to go to a posh salon. Hire a local beauty therapist to lay on a range of relaxing and beautifying services for the gang. If that doesn't float your boat, maybe your personal G-String Butler will. Yes, you can hire near-naked butlers who'll attend to your every whim whilst wearing a bit of string up his arse. Oh, and you might want to hire a cleaner for the day after.

>4 Get board legless

Got a competitive edge? Then organise a board games tournament with cocktails and pic n' mix sweets on hand for nourishment. The games can be anything from Trivial Pursuit to Operation - a particular favourite after a few too many Cosmopolitans. Losers have to perform a dare drawn from a hat.

5 Have a pyjama party

Get all the girls to wear their nighties or PJs, fill up on booze (all disguised in innocent cola bottles, of course) and cheesy snacks, and have a girly DVD binge with stuff like Titanic, Grease, John Holmes Mr 13 Inch VI...