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" It&amp;#039;s easy to have a fabulous time with your man without spending lots of cash. Here, four wallet-friendly date ideas:  Join the crowd.  &amp;quot;Dinner out isn&amp;#039;t the only romantic option--I can sit across a table from my husband at home--and it&amp;#039;s hard to justify when money is tight,&amp;quot; says Jeanann Pannasch, 36, from Brooklyn, NY. &amp;quot;Instead, we recently went to a museum that was hosting a free dance party. Then we stopped at a bar, boogied for an hour, and walked home. It felt so adult and was virtually free.&amp;quot; Find ideas at your local Chamber of Commerce.  &amp;quot;Show&amp;quot; people to their seats.  In exchange for directing traffic, and light cleaning duties, volunteer theater ushers get to enjoy plays, dance performances, and concerts for free. Shel Horowitz and his wife have seen Bob Dylan, Bill Cosby, Willie Nelson, and many other major artists perform live this way, saving big on the $70 or so it would cost to buy each ticket. Call local venues to find out if they use volunteers.  Do it in the daytime.  Lisa Schugardt, 45, from Levittown, PA, has recently begun planning romantic lunches out with her husband. &amp;quot;Lunch at a nice restaurant always costs less than dinner,&amp;quot; she says.  Be an early bird.  Hollywood blockbusters seem to come with an equally large ticket price. Catch a morning show instead for a more reasonable rate. &amp;quot;My husband and I go to the matinee movies on weekends. Tickets are only $5, and we beat the crowds,&amp;quot; says Dawn Palaia, 44, from Folcroft, PA. The early hour might even have a romantic benefit: &amp;quot;You almost have the entire theater to yourself,&amp;quot; says Dawn. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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