**Edited 10/19- comments are now closed! Congratulations to Brooke, winner of the movie passes! Enjoy! **
Is anyone here counting down to the Hunger Games: Mocking Jay part 2? Anyone live with someone who is? I’m the Hunger Games fan n my house, and there’s only one month to go. In anticipation of the final movie’s release, the Studio Movie Grill is taking a bite out of real hunger.
Next week, from Monday, October 19 – Thursday, October 22, all 23 Studio Movie Grill locations will host $5 movies (what a steal) AND all tickets proceeds will benefit local food banks. If you’re on Fall Break next week, make a plan to go see a movie- it’s for a great cause! Locally, proceeds will go to Gleaners Food Bank.
In addition, Studio Movie Grill will donate 10% of all Hunger Games themed gift cards sold between October 23rd and November 25. Does your family traditionally see a movie over Thanksgiving? Buy a gift card after October 23rd and surprise the Hunger Games fans in your life!
{THE GIVEAWAY}
Chances are, if you’ve never been to Studio Movie Grill, you’ll want to go again and again. So, I am giving away a set of tickets to use anytime! To enter, tell me one movie you’re looking forward to in the next few months.
Extra entries: Share this giveaway on social media, leaving a comment for each share. (So a comment for a tweet, a separate comment for a Facebook share)
Giveaway will run til about 9pm Monday evening, the winner will have 24 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Disclosure: Thanks to SMG for sending my family to the movies, as well as

Last year at this time, I was hella-sick. A nasty, nasty case of pneumonia sidelined me for weeks, and I really wasn’t myself until well after the holidays. During that time, I was hyper aware that I wasn’t quite well enough to get a flu shot, but that the minute I was well enough, I needed one. I never wanted to get that sick again, and if a quick shot would do the trick, sign me up.
Actually, if you suffer from weed allergies, you know it’s the season. The sneezing, the itchy eyes, and the nasal drip give s it away. Ragweed season runs from mid-August through mid-October, so we are coming into the home stretch (well, we’re half-way there, and I’m an optimist). If you’ve been suffering from what you thought was a cold since Labor Day (with no fever), there’s a good chance it’s actually allergies.