Adventures of Jenna and Jason: Dinner and A Movie

Dinner and A Movie

There is a great dollar theater down the street from our apartment...okay, it's actually a $2.50 theater but a $1.25 theater with an online coupon! It's actually rather nice for a discount theater. Jason and I have a little tradition of hitting up the Walgreens across the street for some tasty snacks which we, of course, sneak into the theater. My thought: if we are going to the DISCOUNT theater with a BOGO COUPON do ya' really think we can afford to spend $5 on a bite size Milkyway?? Putting it this way makes me feel poor, but I'm going to "reframe" that (in my counseling lingo) and say it makes me "frugal'!


Last night we were feeling the itch to go out for a flick, but the movie started in 15 minutes and we hadn't eaten dinner yet!! What is a person to do?? Are we really going to be forced to choose between the two?


Well...we headed to the Burger King drive-thru, grabbed some dollar chicken sandwiches, stuffed them in my purse (my extra-large movie-going purse) and ran to the theater!! I have been known to sneak in candy bars, a water bottle, a bag of popcorn from home...but NEVER fast food! and I am freakin' out!


As we headed in I kept wondering if the scent of burgers and fries was traveling with me. I have no doubt that at least one worker smelled fast food, would they search my purse? I had to keep telling myself: This is not TSA! Jason played it cool, the cool man he is.


I know that this is a rule, and I should not be breaking rules...but I think that this is one of those rules that was meant to be broken, if there ever was!


We were giggling and laughing the whole time we walked to Theater 5. People probably thought we were crazy. We opened the doors and both deflated with a "whoa..." It was as packed as a discount theater could be. So we ended up sitting in like the third row, craning our necks to see the two year old quiz questions about celebrities. Best of 2009: Britney Spears started a clothing label this year. We both snicker at this every time. It is no longer "this year," more like two years ago and I'm not even sure if her clothing is still around!


The lights turn down low, the beginning credits begin to roll, and the music is playing loud. I am trying to dig through my "extra-large movie-going" purse as quietly as I can in the dark so as not to attract attention from the couple behind us. crinkle crinkle crinkle...swish swish crinkle...I am almost losing it! I'm going to get us busted!


I pass a sandwich to Jason and we wait for a loud moment to unwrap. crinkle crinkle swishy-swish I look at him and smile.  He leans over to me an whispers "Why have we not done this before? It's like the best idea ever!" We eat our dinner together, sharing an armrest, and trying to keep our cool. Jason is breaking off little pieces of his sandwich to eat secretly. I am just going for it with mine -- taking big bites and trying to hunch over to keep it on the DL. (ha!)


Oh, did I mention we also have fries...that smell much like FRIES!! But they were sooooo good!


I felt like I was living on the edge! A dangerous woman...hiding in the dark with her chicken sandwich...crinkle crinkle....giggle giggle...


When an enthusiastic movie-goer busts out in laughter at every joke, Jason and I also laugh together. It was one of those movies where the people behind you are as funny, if not more, than the movie itself!


The movie was good, the adventure was better.

giggle...giggle...