The Daily Dane will be right back after this commercial from EMILY.

Our oldest niece is doing a bang up job on student council at her middle school. Right now they are selling those great Citipass coupon books (2009 edition) for the Charlotte and surrounding areas (S. Charlotte, Ballantyne, Matthews, Mint Hill, Indian Trail, Weddington/Waxhaw, York County/Lake Wylie, Lake Norman, Uptown, University City, Cabarrus County and Gaston County). We bought one and there are great coupons like BOGO Free & BOGO 1/2 Off among other great discounts. Participating restaurants include some of our favorites like Arby's, Boardwalk Billy's, Brixx, City Tavern, Fuel Pizza, Good Ol' Days, Jackson's Java, Jersey Mike's, Kabuto, Krispy Kreme, Mayflower, Mexicasa, Monterrey, Orange Julius, Papa John's, Papa Pino's, Pike's Soda Shop, Pizza Hut, Quaker Steak&Lube, Quizno's, RJ Gators, Rock Bottom, Salsarita's, Shane's Rib Shack, Uno, Wild Wing Cafe, Wolfman Pizza, Zapata's and Zaxby's.
There are also coupons for fun stuff like Build-a-Bear, Charlotte 49ers, Charlotte Checkers, Dave & Buster's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Discovery Place, Home Depot, Laser Quest, Lazy 5 Ranch, Lowe's Speedway, NC Zoo, Northcross Lanes, Office Depot, Regal Cinemas, Sport Clips, and The UPS Store.
That's not even close to a tenth of the participating restaurants/businesses! Books are $25 dollars and the proceeds benefit Northeast Middle School Student Council. It's well worth the money and they're only being sold for a limited time so let one of us know if you want to buy one and support Emily.

How's this tie in with Dane? Two-fold as I see it. One - Emily just took and passed the Red Cross's 6 HOUR LONG babysitting class. I figure exploiting our loved ones interest in Dane entitles us to at least a couple of free hours of sitting. Reason two - when Dane is in seventh grade, Emily will be exactly our age... Can you even imagine all the fundraiser crap she's going to have to buy from Dane? You owe us, Em. Better start saving up NOW! ;)