Friday Movie Night

Way back on 23rd January we officially started our Friday Movie Night. It came about for two reasons;

1. We have discovered that doing SOMETHING on Friday nights makes our weekends feel longer. And who doesn't want that?

2. A need to change our weekend routines. For the longest time it was just so easy to sit down and chill in front of a movie. We were so hopeless at coming up with outings for the weekend that we took the easy option. But by Sunday night we didn't feel relaxed and we regretted not getting out and having some fun.

So inspired by the Melzer Family Movie Nights we started our own tradition. The movie was to commence after Brian was in bed (Family Movie Night will start when he can stay up past 6pm!). Dinner MUST be eaten infront of the TV, as must the "movie themed snack".

With expanding waistlines (namely mine) and dwindling grocery budget money the "movie themed snack" turned into the "movie themed dinner". Then, sadly, no movie related food what so ever! And last night, no movie!!

So it seems our Friday Movie Night train has been derailed. But it's time to kick it back into action before The Polar Express rattles past (did you like that?). So, we have new rules. And new reasons for these rules.

Issue #1 - We snack too often. Ok, again this is me, mostly.
Resolution #1 - One bottle of lemonade (soft drink) to be consumed over the weekend, starting from Friday night. As well as one sweet treat and one savoury treat (Kevin is the sweet treat eater and I prefer savoury, this way we are both happy). Yes, this means no weekly snacking, unless it's that appetising prune cake I made for Brian...woo hoo = (

Issue #2 - By Friday night I'm buggered. That wonderful food creation I had planned just isn't going to get made, no matter what I want to tell myself.
Resolution #2 - We are borrowing a friends' tradition and Friday night is now also officially pizza night. (Aurelle, we have cut back on our pizza addiction ALOT!) Homemade of course, we can't stomach the fast food kind anymore. As for the snack, we will have possibly one themed snack/dinner per month. This will be made Thursday night or capable of being tipped out of a packet and onto a plate and planned a few weeks in advance.

Issue #3 - Family outings are minimal to zilch!
Resolution #3 - I am official "outing" co-ordinator. Kevin certainly doesn't have the time or energy to come up with ideas. They will be budget conscious outings and will happen when our weekends aren't full of the "have to do" kind of outing.

Issue #4 - What do we watch?
Resolution #4 - Movies will be pre-chosen. As we are just so slack on this, they will have to be chosen a month in advance. Thank God for box sets. They can easily cover a month!

Ok, so #3 isn't really movie related. It's more weekend enjoyment related, which is why movie night started, so it totally counts, ok?, good!

Luckily Kevin reads my blog, so he can catch up on our new hard and fast rules. There will be no cheating! So my dear blog friends you'll have to check back with me in a month and ask how the rules are going. We really do need Friday Movie Night - for our sanity.

The picture at the head of this post is our very first snack from our very first movie night way back in January. Can you guess the movie?