2 column divs wrapped in a centered div

[Sue Thackston]

My first layout. I've got 2 divs, side by side, wrapped in a centered
div with a border. I don't want to use a float to get the
aforementioned divs to work side by side, so to get this to work, I
used a negative margin on the second div that was wrapped. Tried
absolute positioning, but that appropriately separates the second div
from the normal flow so the wrapper div doesn't keyline properly around
it. Is this the proper way to do this or is there a better way?

Thanks folks.

Craig