I wish we could go out on date nights more often, but financially, it's unrealistic for us at this moment. Our date nights used to be like the first date night described below, now the few times a year we do go, it's more like the latter situation.
Think about it- a baby sitter ranges from $5-12/hr depending on where you live, dinner at an Italian restaurant costs roughly $30-45, and then a movie is at least $24 in tickets alone, plus popcorn, drink and snacks, you're looking at over $100 for Scenario 1. Sure, date night could be less expensive (scenario 2) if you ask grandma to watch the kidlets, and you attack the dollar menu, then raid your drug store and buy the $1 boxes of Good 'n Plenty and hide them in your bag, but even that way it's at least $35- excluding the gas and time to drive the kids to gramma's and back home again. If you decide to take the kids, add another $10/child to the totals above.
Unfortunately, my hubby and I usually resort to scenario 3- popping on the television and renting a movie from one of those boxes at the grocery store and diving into a bag of microwave popcorn. Family movies usually consist of me and the little ones while my hubby works late. It's not ideal, but it works for us.
This November, General Mills Big G Cereals are offering a fourth scenario to encourage Family Flick Night.
Now you can earn a FREE movie ticket when you purchase two specially marked packages of Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (17 oz.), Lucky Charms® (16 oz.), Trix® (14.8 oz) and Reese´s Puffs® cereal (18 oz.).
After purchasing two participating cereals, visit generalmills.com/moviecash to enter the unique code found inside each box of cereal and then print your free Movie Cash certificate (good for one admission of up to a $12 value at participating theatres). To find a participating theater in your area, log onto http://emoviecash.com/dis_locator/.General Mills (through My Blog Spark) sent our family a Family Flick Night Gift Pack in exchange for our review, and would also like to provide one of our readers with the same gift pack we were given!
One lucky 4BabyAndMom reader will receive 2 boxes of General Mills Big G cereals plus 4 Movie Cash certificates!
Here's How to Enter:
Which cereals are you looking forward to purchasing to earn e-movie cash? How do you like to make movie nights special for your family? Share with us!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER!
Please Refer to our WINNERS PAGE for more information on how to claim your prize!!
This giveaway is open to residents of the US. This giveaway will end on November 30, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be chosen using Random.org, and all winner information will be posted on our WINNERS PAGE and on this post. After winner validates entry, the gift code will be emailed directly to the winner. Please include a valid email address and your user id in your comment. If we cannot find a way to contact you, we will not, we will choose another winner. We do try to email all winners, but due to the volume of giveaways offered on our site, delays can be expected. If you catch your name before we email you, please feel free to contact us first. :) Any unclaimed prizes will be redrawn accordingly and at the discretion of 4BabyAndMom. Special thanks to My Blog Spark and General Mills for extending this opportunity to us. As always, what you have read is strictly the opinion of 4BabyAndMom. Your opinions may differ.



I'd like to buy Honey Nut Cheerios and Trix.
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I love Lucky Charms, so probably those!
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I am going to buy Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
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I would buy a couple boxes of Lucky Charms because I love those marshmallows.
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I would LOVE to get Lucky Charms.We like making popcorn and get in our jammies to watch tv.
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I'm looking forward to get Honey Nut Cheerios for this deal. We make movie nights out special for dining out at our favorite restaurant before movies.
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I like lucky charms. I will watch some hi def movies on movie night.
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I'm looking forward to trying Reese's Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch!
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I'm looking forward to Lucky Charms. A childhood favorite that we rarely get these days. Thanks for the fun.
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I picked up some Honey Nut Cheerios and Lucky Charms. I love to take my niece & nephew to the movies. We get a big tub of popcorn and just enjoy the show!
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I would probably buy two boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch because we like it that much!
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I would get two boxes of Lucky Charms because it is our family's favorite cereal. Movie night at our house is when my MIL comes to visit and is willing to watch the kids!
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My family eats lots of lucky charms.We make a big deal about family movie night.I make a special finger food dinner and then let the kids have soda and candy while watching.Thanks!
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Banana Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch!
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