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"Confession: We had $10 martinis after dinner. Just do as I say, not as I do. Dates are supposed to be fun. You want to relax on a date, not add stress. So why start the night with high expectations and the lobster bisque? Last night, Ryan showed me a sweet, cash-only pizza place in the West Village, called John&amp;#x27;s Pizzeria on Bleecker Street. We ate until full&amp;amp;#133;I stared at some cute boys in the booth behind Ryan&amp;amp;#133;and we even carved our initials into the wall. It was shabby chic and I loved it. I couldn&amp;#x27;t believe how inexpensive it was.It&amp;#x27;s cool to save money! I&amp;amp;#8217;ll show you how we did it. (Dating a Banker Anonymous Girls, you may need this one day, so pay attention. A build-your-own pizza is the new 7-course tasting menu.) We started off with the house salad for two (only $6.50!). It was so big, we didn&amp;amp;#8217;t even finish it. We washed it down with a pitcher of Bud Light ($17). Then we topped it off with an olive, sausage, and something else pizza ($18). (Okay&amp;amp;#133;maybe a little more since we added on some toppings at $2 each.) So cheap, especially for New York! (I&amp;amp;#8217;m sure lisa021981, our mathematician, might say that a 14&amp;amp;#8221; pizza with six slices has a better value than a 16&amp;amp;#8221; pizza with 8 slices, because the first pizza&amp;amp;#8217;s slices are 1/3&amp;amp;#8221; bigger, and the price&amp;amp;#133;but I got lost just typing this.) Interactive decor: Ryan and I carved our initials without even having to get up from our booth. Do you have any money-saving tips for our readers? Who&amp;amp;#8217;s cheaper, you or your guy? Have you ever seen a guy pull out a coupon on a first date? Do you eat less in a bad economy? I do. Except for last night. That was YUM. Related: Do you go overboard in a cheap restaurant or store? Like, I go to Target for some plastic hangers, and come out having spent $200. Doh&amp;amp;#8212;!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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