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I'm a Cheap Date

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
filed under: Frugal and Fabulous
$11.00 each for dinner and a movie can hardly be beat!

Recession Mama: We have a fancy new outdoor mall in town. You know the type, with a winding European-looking cobblestone street and a big fountain with Vegas-like jets that rise and fall to Sinatra music.

couple eating burgers on a date
They had a girls' night promotion recently, and I stopped by with a girlfriend to check it out. They gave each of us a coupon book, and when I got home, I saw some pretty good deals included there. I told my husband we needed to try a cheap date night at the mall. We got a babysitter, through our neighborhood babysitting co-op, and we went last night. We spent $12 total at a diner and had a great, casual dinner on the patio (buy-one-get-one-free burgers -- I had California Chicken with feta cheese, avocado, and balsamic vinegar and he had a turkey burger), then headed over to the on-site movie theater. We used passes I had purchased on eBay for $5.00 each. There were coupons in the book for a free small popcorn and a free small drink. We liked our movie ("Away We Go") and got a refill of the soda on our way out.

$11.00 each for dinner and a movie can hardly be beat, although there is a second-run movie theater nearby that runs a Wednesday promotion for two tickets, two drinks, and two popcorns for 10 bucks. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable adult evening -- but we didn't forget about the kids. I brought home the leftover popcorn to pack in their camp lunches ...



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