Like yesterday's post, this one caused some grief from some readers when originally posted. But if you can explain what's going on to your child beforehand, you should have no problem reaping the benefits of the following idea.
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Here's another installment of Surviving Your Child's Summer Vacation For Pennies A Day. It's my little experiment where I try to find fun and cheap things for my daughter and I to do this summer.
Since some of you thought I was stealing from Chuck E. Cheese's in my last post, I'm sure you'll find this one equally unethical. Get over yourself.
Lesson Three: Try It Before You Don't Buy It
Every children's gym class, art class, karate class, taekwondo class, music class, dance class, and everyothertypeofclass offers a free trial class. It doesn't matter if you have no intention of enrolling your child in the class. They don't know that. Take them up on their offer! You're either a fool or someone that doesn't believe in coupons if you don't make this system work for you.Seriously, if you live in a medium-sized city, you can burn through two weeks by visiting a different trial class every day.

