$49 for 30-Minute Photography Shoot, Image Disc, and Three Prints from Mandy Jill Photography ($255 Value)

Photographs provide a more concrete way of recording recollections than sketching portraits in sand or dictating memoirs to an empty jam jar. Preserve precious memories with today's Groupon: for $49, you get a 30-minute photography session, a complimentary disc of ten low-resolution images, and three prints (one 8"x10", one 5"x7", and one 4"x6") from Mandy Jill Photography (a $255 total value). Choose a location in the Tri Cities, and professional photographer Mandy Jill will come to capture you and up to three other friends, family members, or Seven Years' War reenactors as you pose, model-like, in your customized half-hour photo shoot. Shutterbugging Groupon-holders will receive three prints of their favourite image and a post-shoot consultation, as well as a disc of 10 low-resolution images to take home and send to Grandma, who won't be able to complain that she never gets any pictures anymore.