Dinner OR a movie

I feel badly for young men today who want to take that girl out on the first or second date, because unless he's rich, he's going to have to tell her that she can choose dinner OR a movie, but not both.

Our church is currently meeting in a movie theatre while remodeling. We've always wanted to go to a movie after church and since the wafting popcorn smell was especially strong during the service, we chose today. This is also a brilliant idea because then a) we don't have to pay for the parking and b) we get the matinee rate.

B went down to get tickets to see the new 007 movie and came up emptyhanded. Tickets for a matinee are $8.75! If we go to an evening show, we'll pay $11 a piece and then for parking; that's $25 without the popcorn and coke, and every good date should offer a woman those options. Luckily, Brett knows his wife is too cheap to spend that much and he got away with taking me home for lunch and to Target for groceries.