Friday, November 18, 2011

Call Us Crazy...

For the 4th time, our group of Twi-Hards have braved the elements (long lines, cold weather, screaming teenagers, and near exhaustion) to catch opening night of The Twilight Saga...this time Breaking Dawn Part 1!
We arrived at 6:00pm to a zig-zagging line of hundreds of fans who began forming a line at 3:00am. We love this stuff, but have kids, jobs, responsibilities and the such which prevented us from getting there until dinnertime!
This year we were prepared with Chipotle burritos, beach chairs, blankets and an iPad to play Twilight trivia while we waited the 4 hours before being let into the theater. We were even spoiled with yummy hot biscuits from Lucille's, hand-delivered by an employee! We took turns taking potty breaks, walking to Starbuck's and putting our chairs away before entering the theater. The weather actually stayed fairly nice and the time passed quickly.
We continued with our "divide and conquer" plan to get the best seats. A few struck out in Theater #10, Wendy found 7 together in #14, but Amanda and I scored with these perfect seats in #12. No one in front of us and the nice railing and extra floor space to rest our feet!
We were all a little disturbed by the amount of elementary-aged kids watching this "not-so-appropriate"movie and being out til 2:30am on a school night, but we loved it! The wedding was gorgeous, the honeymoon destination was breathtaking and the movie was action packed. I can't believe we have to wait another full year for Part 2, but as much as we deny it, I know we will be standing in line again for our final viewing together...