Netflix - making life easier 1 movie at a time

Anthony and I have always had one thing in common from day one - we both love movies. In our pre-baby days, we averaged about 3 movies a month out at the theatre and even when the movie wasn't all that great, we never thought of our date night as a waste since we still had fun.

Now that we are parents and going to the movies is a rarity, we've really relied on Netflix to fill that void. For just under $10/month we now have our movie date night about once a week in the comfort of our own basement once Sofia has gone to sleep. No more waiting in lines for overpriced movie tickets, no worrying about needing to use the restroom and not being able to pause the movie and no more spending $30 on a small bucket of popcorn, a box of chocolates and a medium soft drink. (Honestly, how do they sleep at night?!) While all of that used to be part of our excitement at seeing a movie (minus the overspending on snacks), we've slimmed down going out to the movies to about 1 in every 45 days which has had a healthy impact on our wallets.

We signed up with Netflix after getting married, but it's really come to good use since having a baby. It allows you to go on and select all the movies you want delivered AND in what order you would like them as well. For the cost of one movie ticket, the one-movie-at-a-time plan is perfect for us, but they do have a handful of plans to choose from. Typically, after sending a movie back we receive a new one in the mail 2 days later. It really is the best of both worlds, we get to stay up to date with movies we want to see and we don't think twice about what time to leave the house to beat the lines and catch the previews.