We're having quite the streak of nice weather here in CT lately! Sunny and pleasantly warm. This is just the way I like it.
We went to the Christmas Tree Shop this morning and looked at way too much stuff. Josh finally wore Grandma down and got some marshmallows (he hates Peeps, I don't know why he thinks this will be any different). He remembered that at his friend's party the other night, the friend was the most excited about the bucket full of meat sticks/Slim Jims that he was given (and a rainbow eye mask for sleeping...I love that kid!
), so I bought him a meat stick to try. Man, wouldn't it be nice if this was the way to get him to eat meat...
Then we stopped at the grocery store - they were having an extremely good price on salmon and eggs. I was happy to see that they had a variety 12-pack of my Hint water. We got Josh a Happy Meal at McDonald's, so now I don't have to worry as much if he doesn't eat dinner. Back at home, I ordered a 484-piece "creative box" set of Legos from Kohl's, for Josh's birthday, using my Kohl's Cash and a free shipping code...I paid $5.31 total for it
Feeling very proud of that...
I'll ask....Do you enjoy going to the movies? Obviously when you could go to the actual theater...lol Do you enjoy going or would you rather wait and watch a movie at home??
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. DH and I both refuse to go when a movie is just released, especially if it's predicted to be a big blockbuster. We hate crowds. We like when they have a special event...the first time we did that was in 2013, when the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special was shown in the theatre. That was fun! We've gone to see other classic-type movies when they've had an event - Casablanca (my favorite movie), Singin' in the Rain, Rear Window; last summer we went for the Star Trek: The Motion Picture 40th Anniversary special. Before that, we went for the RUSH: Cinema Strangiato concert event. The theatre was almost packed and there were maybe 10 people there younger than us. And very few women (which apparently is a joke amongst RUSH fans, how they have few female fans. Well, I'm one of them
).
Last summer, the theatre at our mall had $1 kids' movies on Monday mornings. There were 10 weeks of it and we made it to 6 of them, I think. Josh's first movie was Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out of Water. 90 minutes of my life that I'll never get back. Since then, in the theatre, he's seen the animated Addams Family movie, Sonic the Hedgehog (which we saw 1 week before the lockdown started - there was nobody else in the theatre), and at Christmas one of the family-owned theatres did a Polar Express Pajama Party event. It was sold out (of course); everyone wears pjs (including the adults), and you get cookies and hot chocolate with your movie. It was fun! (Except we ended up next to the people that started noisily packing themselves up with about 10 minutes of the movie left, and the very second the credits rolled, they were out of their seats, telling us, "Okay, it's over, let's go...")
It's just so expensive. Even a kids' ticket is ridiculous. And then they don't allow you your own food - well, I don't want to pay their exorbitant prices for huge amounts of unhealthy food and/or candy. The family-owned place has signs up all over that "outside food will be confiscated" and they even searched my purse the last time we were there. I asked what they would do if someone had dietary restrictions, and they just shrugged and said, "You can't take your own food in." We still like that theatre otherwise, however. It used to be our "off-price" place, where you could see a 6-month-old first-run movie for $5 ($3 in the morning, $4 in the afternoon). But they closed; someone else purchased it and remodeled it (which it needed...there were a LOT of missing ceiling tiles, the seats were threadbare, and it smelled weird). Now it's $8 for brand-new first-run movies - which is still cheaper than the Cinemark - and Josh likes that they have "tables." I like the tables, too, because it's impossible for the people behind you to kick your seat
What about including a paw print or otherwise doggie themed Christmas stocking? I saw a few of them last year at Hobby Lobby when looking at the store selection of Christmas stockings in general (I needed a new one and had been given a gift of money towards it from a dear friend)
