Next Time There Will Be Popcorn

Towne Cinemas, our local dollar theatre that first opened in 1953 has retained it's old shabby charm. I love the retro atmosphere, and prices; dollar skittles! And summer matinees for kids 4 days a week! So awesome.


After seeing Lassie: one smiley face and two grumpy heads.

I wouldn't buy the dollar skittles on the way out, and we didn't even have candy or popcorn on the way in. I know, essential ingredients for the complete movie experience, especially for kids, and I realize my error. Felt badly the whole way home, especially when I heard myself try to enthusiastically say who wants spaghetti for lunch?! (leftovers). I made my kids sit in a theatre that smelled (and sounded) like popcorn, for two hours.

But in my defense, we went to the Bees baseball game in SLC Wednesday night and ate hot dogs, cotton candy, soda, and popcorn so I didn't want to do it again in one week. Yet still would have indulged them if the popcorn line hadn't been so long when we arrived and the movie starting. Ah, well, next week I'll bake cookies to take the night before, get there early, and definitely get the popcorn!

But oh Lassie. What a great movie! I, for one, totally loved it. The kids, I still can't tell if they hated the movie or just the lack of treats to enjoy it with. Didn't realize moderating the junk in their diet would rob them of their movie enjoyment so much. Kids can be so high-maintenance! :)


See kids, I allowed you cotton-colored poison some days!