Movies, movies, movies

We watched Epic Movie tonight and oh my god did it suck. I don’t know which was worse, that movie or Date Movie. I’m done with those movies that spoof other movies; they aren’t entertaining. In fact, Joe and I both fell asleep during Epic Movie.

There are quite a few movies I’m looking forward to seeing:

Shrek The Third (Now showing)
Knocked Up (June 1st)
Surf’s Up (June 8th)
Evan Almighty (June 22nd)
Ratatouille (June 29th)
Transformers (July 4th)
License to Wed (July 4th)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (July 20th)
The Simpsons Movie (July 27th)
Fanboys (August 17th)
Superbad (August 17th)
Good Luck Chuck (August 24th)
Arctic Tale (August 24th)

What are you planning on seeing this summer?

Bowling

We took the kids bowling this morning thanks to the coupon I found for 2 hours of bowling (including shoe rental) and a free pitcher of pop for $19.99. We’ve been wanting to go bowling for awhile but it can quickly become very expensive, so the coupon was a nice incentive to finally go.

Brunswick Zone

We went to our neighborhood Brunswick as soon as they opened and they were already pretty busy (although you can’t tell from the picture above because by the time I took it the leagues were gone). We got the last lane and there were a bunch of empty ones between us and the leagues which was perfect since I’m not the best bowler and didn’t want to look like an ass in front of anyone but my family. The kids actually beat me the first game, although they had the benefit of bumpers. It’s pretty cool how you can choose that per player. The old bowling alley in the town where I grew up had these big foam bumpers they laid down in the gutters so everyone had to use them.

Bowling ball

I only bowled two games because I seemed to be getting worse instead of better and my hand was hurting from trying to keep my fingers from slipping out of the ball. I even dropped it once which was embarrassing. I still had fun, though. I haven’t bowled in years and it’s nice doing something different.

We’ve never been to this place before and in addition to bowling they have pool tables, a huge arcade, bumper cars and some other ride, and laser tag. The laser tag prices are insane, though. It’s $6.99 per person for 15 minutes! I’d be lying if I didn’t say I want to do it, however. Maybe one of these days.

They're looking at me!

After we played some games we went to a place called Augustinos for lunch. We drive past both locations all the time but have never been inside. Their menu is diverse, so everyone found something good to eat. I had the best sandwich ever – oven roasted turkey on a buttery croissant. The sandwich was so huge, I only ate half of it. Everyone enjoyed their food so I’m sure we’ll be back again sometime soon.

In all, a nice morning and afternoon. We got a movie from Blockbuster and will be watching it later. It’s called Happily N’Ever After. Never heard of it before, but it looked cute and it has a lot of familiar actors doing the voices, so hopefully it will be as good as Hoodwinked was.

— Update: Don’t bother. The movie sucked. I started doing laundry, I was so bored.

I like new clothes

Today was a good day in more ways than one.

First off, it was my first day of eating better and not as much. To be honest, it’s not that difficult to do on the weekends. I find it harder to restrict my calories during the week. Something about sitting at a desk all day makes me feel ravished.

Secondly, we saw a really good movie – Disturbia. Since it’s been out three weeks now, I was able to use our free passes. We were the only ones in the theatre too which was nice. I may be a comedy girl, but Disturbia was so much better than the crap fest, Employee of the Month, which we watched a few hours ago. It was not very funny. Thank god it had Dane eye candy or it would have been a complete waste of my time.

Third of all, I got some new clothes, which is always fun. Anyone who knows me is well aware of the fact that I’m a tank top fanatic. Well, my favorite tank tops were the Perfect Fit™ ones from Old Navy but apparently they are phasing them out. There were nothing but small and extra small at the store and no decent colors online. Sucky. But no matter, I found some great tanks at Wally World of all places. Not only do they fit better and feel softer, they were only $4.88 each. Score! So suck on that, Old Navy. I don’t need you anymore because honestly, I can’t stand your clothes. The tanks were your only redeeming quality and you blew it.

New clothes

I also got a dress from Sears. I wasn’t too sure about it until I modeled it for Joe and he loved it. I was a little concerned that it was $30 because to me that’s a lot for one clothing item, but it rang up half price. And it just kept happening like that. Everything I bought today was on sale, including these two cute sterling silver pendant necklaces that were 60% off from Kohl’s. I’ve been wanting some new jewelry for awhile so I was happy to find them.

After my little shopping spree, we came home so Joe could change the front brakes on the Jetta. While he did that I cleaned the bathrooms and our master bedroom while doing laundry. By the time he was done with the car it was dinnertime, but we had to run to Target for a few things. We ended up having a late dinner and watching a movie. I wasn’t able to get online until 10 pm which is unusual for me. Now it’s past my self imposed bedtime. I think I’m going to bed shortly, however.

Tomorrow I have to take my dress back to Sears so they can remove the security tag they left on. Interestingly enough, it didn’t set off any alarms, so I’m not sure how they managed to disable it yet forget to remove it.

Movie weekend

The kids have been talking lately about their grandmother buying them both a Nintendo DS so they can get the new Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Don’t get me started on how she shouldn’t be spending that kind of money on them, nor even mentioning it to them until she’s ready to really buy it. I’m just thinking if/when they do get them, I am so going to buy this case for The Boy. He has dropped his GBA more times than I can count. He really needs something indestructible.

We took my car in for an oil change after work today to a newly built Volkswagen dealership closer to home. They asked if we’d be using them for oil changes from now on and we said yes. Then they asked if they could change the license plate cover to advertise their dealership. They said if we agreed, we could bring my car in for a free car wash whenever we wanted, not just during service trips. Well what the hell? I’m advertising for someone one way or the other, so I agreed. At least they asked. The last place just changed them one day, and god knows what service date since I never pay attention. I just know the place where I bought the car wasn’t the place advertised on the plate covers anymore.

We actually rented a movie from Blockbuster tonight (although we haven’t watched it yet). It has been awhile since we’ve rented anything, so imagine my surprise that there wasn’t really anything good recently released unless I wanted drama or horror. Sorry, but for the most part I’m a comedy gal. So I got the dreaded Employee of the Month. Maybe it will be good and I’ll kick myself for taking this long to see it. Hell, at least there’s eye candy, and I don’t mean just Dane. Dax isn’t half bad either.

We’ve got nothing planned this weekend, so it’s a free-for-all. Which is nice since we’ve got stuff scheduled next weekend on for the next month. We’ll probably see Disturbia tomorrow since I have free tickets. Movie weekend it is.

Not my bag, baby

Our day off from work today wasn’t quite as productive as I hoped. The retail gods were not smiling upon us. We got up early to shop at Walmart and out of the ten items I had on my list, I came home with one. Yes, you read that right, one: a Rubbermaid tote for all my Easter decorations. Whoop-dee-doo!

I figured we’d do better at the mall, but I figured wrong. Other than us both scoring a new pair of sunglasses, that trip wasn’t very fruitful either. Although we did see Hot Fuzz. It’s less of a comedy than the previews lead you to believe, but it wasn’t bad. I just don’t understand the reason behind the false advertising. It’s like they are so worried the film sucks that they feel they have to trick people into coming to see it. I was pretty psyched to use my new bag to sneak in treats, however. Do you like it? I got it at the Shedd yesterday. I love purple!

Oh and you know what? I am stupid. I was without my medication for awhile and had to take over the counter drugs for a few days. Well I was digging through my drug stash in the bathroom yesterday when I came across an unopened month and a half supply of my previous meds, Aciphex. Since our insurance no longer covers Aciphex, they forced me to switch to Nexium which I hate. It gives me intestinal issues, headaches, and I swear to god, overactive bladder. Not cool. I will have to talk to the specialist on Thursday about prescribing something else my insurance covers. I’m convinced now that the Nexium is the reason I had so many bladder issues years ago. I never put two and two together, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I haven’t had any issues for over a year until this week when I started taking Nexium again. I hate that stupid purple pill now that I figured out how evil it is.