1. Dinner at "Panda Express" - it turned out to be customer appreciation night "Buy one dinner, get one free". They appreciated me so much they even gave me a free drink while I waited for them to cook more "Honey Walnut Shrimp" which is really yummy btw! Two dinners - $8 (And the best part - no cooking or clean up) We even had 1/2 left over for dinner tomorrow night. That takes the cost down for the date night dinner - $4.
2. Two movie coupons from Costcos and an awesome movie to spend them on, "Hunger Games" - $16
3. Popcorn (with lots of chemical butter and salt - sshhh - don't want to hear it!!!) Using our Regal bonus card on Tuesday night gets us a small popcorn for $2 which can be upgraded to a Med. for another dollar making it - $3
4. Drink - I took an empty water bottle in and filled it up at the theater water fountain. (um...it says no food or drink can be brought in. It doesn't say nothing about empty water bottles) Drink - free!
5. Of course my great date companion of choice was Hubby (even if he does ask a lot of questions cause he won't read the books first) - he was free too! (sort of) ;-)
Another great date night with my beloved and the grand total was $23!
Not too bad! Not too bad!
Not too bad at all CM. Two for the price of one… I can't help but think there must be a good metaphor for life in their somewhere. I'm sure the night wouldn't have been worth half of that without your hubby there, but easily worth more than double with him there… Well, all except the part where you had to share the salty buttery popcorn! Mmmm… salty buttery popcorn…
ReplyDeleteThe metaphor is "and they twain shall be one flesh" wherefore they shall only pay the price of one "so then they are no longer twain"! How's that, Donald????
ReplyDeleteWe have the sharing the salty butter popcorn (is there any other kind?) down to a science. All our friends think we are quite weird - but hey, it works well. We ask for one of those boxes that they have where you carry your drinks and popcorn in. Then we line the part where the back if popcorn goes with napkins, and then pour half the bag into the lined box. Then hubby puts the butter and salt on it the way he likes. Then I can add butter and salt to the rest of the popcorn in the bag, and sake it up (cause the bag is half empty now) and then add more butter and salt as needed. WALA...His and Hers popcorn!! lol
Substitute - "bag of popcorn" for "back if popcorn" and "shake it up" for "sake it up" and the above comment might make more sense. I said MIGHT!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL. I like it. But yes, even after the text corrections, I'm still confused about one thing. Doesn't the passage of scripture you refer to also say that what has been joined as one ought not be separated? And yet, the single box of popcorn is cleaved in twain! Explain that one to me CM!
ReplyDeleteOh and I forgot to mention that I like the loophole you found to bring in free water. (In Australia I believe it is a legal requirement for them to give you free tap water if you ask for it, but possibly not in the US?) But I do confess to a long history of food smuggling in order to avoid being held to ransom by the cinema candy bar. Works well in winter when you can wear a big coat in. You have to get a bit more creative in summer.
Ha Ha Donald - yes our popcorn is cleaved in twain! Thanks to you I will never be able to eat my popcorn without thinking what I have done to it. :(
ReplyDelete(But I am still doing it!!!) :P
Our theaters will give us a cup of water if we ask, but the cup is the size of a thimble! lol
Oh so you are one of those...um...creative people, eh??? ;)