Do you have a Harbor Freight nearby?
I'm putting together a set of tools to carry in the back of my truck. This truck sets outside overnight where I work, and theft is a real possibility.
I have a fairly complete set of Craftsman tools in a rollaway in the garage, many of which I've owned for 30+ years. Didn't want to risk any of my "good" tools to theft/loss.
I have a Harbor Freight store about a five minute drive from my house that opened two years ago (in a former TSC store, no less). Perusing through their offerings, I figured I could outfit my truck for less than $100.
I bought the first of the set about a week ago. Two polished wrench sets, both 14 pieces, one SAE from 3/8" to 1 1/4", and one metric from 8 mm to 24 mm. They also offer 16 piece sets in raised panel for the same money.
Each was $24.99; I had 20% off coupons I used on each that brought the price down to $19.99 + tax.
They look good enough to do what I'll need them to do; keep in mind I'm not a pro and they won't see extremely heavy use (maybe once or twice a week in summer). Only thing I don't like about them is the cheapo plastic rollup cases they came in; I predict they won't last the summer.
Don't ever pay full price for anything at HF; either it'll be on sale next week, or use a 20% off coupon, they're all over the place.
BTW, I also scored a 17 piece 1/2" drive socket set that was on "store clearance" for $15 bucks, looks like a great deal, guess time will tell.
and we're keeping all gifts to <$50 a person this year (newborn arriving in 3 days). In his words, "that's a cheap gift". In my mind, its not. 
