What Not To Bring In Illinois Movie Theaters

Don't act like you haven't done it. We've all bought candy at the gas station because it's all too dang expensive at Illinois movie theaters.

When I was in college, I went on a date with this guy and we wanted to save as much money as possible when we went to the movies so we came up with a game plan:

Sneak in as many snacks as we could into the movie theater.

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I don't condone this, but I have to admit it's pretty funny to think about now haha. We both thought we were breaking the worst laws possible and felt kinda badass.

I didn't just go to the gas station and get some candy, oh no.

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I brought a really compact purse and stuffed it with popcorn shrimp dinner, chicken strips, and cheese curds from Culver's. Yes, CULVER'S!

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When we got into the movie theater, we waited for more people to get to their seats so we didn't look so suspicious with a ton of random food.

Lights dim, movie starts, and all you see is me pull out all this food. It was my first time sneaking food into the movies and the last time because I was sweating just thinking about getting kicked out.

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The stories I've heard from friends are always hilarious; one of my friends snuck in an entire pizza somehow - that's even riskier!

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