Cooking

Are you familiar with Groupon? Well Groupon is group coupon shoved together. When you get a coupon you get a deal by saving a little money on the item. Well the people putting out the coupon want you business, or they would not bother with the coupon. At Groupon they take people like us and link us up with a deal each day. The deal is usually a really good deal. They also usually have a side deal.

If you are in Portland, the Groupon side deal is $15 for One Children's Cooking Class at The Merry Kitchen ($30 Value). I just signed up and plan on taking Emma to the Disney Princess Dishes, Ages 4-7 class this Friday. They have lots of classes available, but Emma loves Princesses.

Not in Portland? Well, check out these other family deals:

• Seattle: $5 for Two Games of Bowling Plus Shoe Rental at Roxy's Casino or Magic Lanes (Up to a $11.40 Value). Choose from Two Locations.
• Tacoma: $89 for a Seven-Hour Jumparoo Bounce House Rental from Merry Makers ($179 Value)
• Atlanta: Reserved-Seating Concert Tickets for the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City. Choose from Five Shows.
• Los Angeles San Gabriel Valley: $10 for $20 Worth of Comic Books, T-Shirts, and More at Nostalgic Books and Comics in Alhambra
• Many other cities available!

What's the catch? Well, like other social coupon sites, these deals won't last. They will be gone by midnight! Jump on them now! Or if you don't see anything you like in your town, sign up anyway and wait till you see something you do like. Elizabeth and I have had half price meals from them. I have seen spa trips, all sorts of great deals. Check them out!

One last catch. There is a minimum number of orders needed for each deal. For the cooking class I signed up for there was a 20 order minimum. I was order number 103. I've never seen a deal not go through.