Saturday, August 2, 2008

Breaking Dawn Breakdown


The day has finally come for those of us who love the Twilight book series! Last night I went with some family and friends to the midnight release party at Barnes and Noble. They had fun activities like, a costume contest, bad bridesmaid fashion show, ultimate trivia tournaments, face painting and body art, Alice's fortune telling, and find Bella'a engagement ring (which was hidden somewhere in the store), raffles and prizes given away every half hour. And a wall covered in paper so that you could send a message to the author, Stephanie. It sounded like alot of fun but there were several THOUSAND people there; so getting in line to do any of the activities was impossible! My neice and I did get to do some trivia. But the most entertaining part of the evening was seeing all the great shirts and costumes. Some really got into the whole thing. Once it was 11:30 everyone was escorted outside, if you weren't already. At 12 several people were let in to buy their books. Everyone had a wrist band that had a letter. Each letter had 40 to 50 people. We were letter "M". The line was moving pretty slow. We soon realized we would be in this line till 8 a.m. Then a car drove by with a bunch of girls waving their new books and cheering. One girl yelled to us "Go to Deseret Book, there is no line!" So half of or group waited in the Barnes and Noble line while the rest of us rushed a block away to Deseret Book. We waited in a line for about 20 minutes and now we are very happy fans.
Our little group made some great shirts. Here is what they said.
- IF I CANT HAVE EDWARD I'LL BE JACOBS REBOUND GIRL.
- EDWARD BELONGS WITH BELLA. JACOB BELONGS WITH ME!
- I KISSED A WEREWOLF AND I LIKED IT, I HOPE MY VAMPIRE DONT MIND IT.
- Two of us had EDWARD and JACOB written all over the shirt.

This is the best shirt I saw. When I asked the girl to take her picure I said, "I am sorry but could I get a picture of your cute shirt?" she said, "Sure. Dont worry, your not the first person to ask"

The line at 10:30 pm. Barnes and Noble isn't even visible in the picture. It was so far away from where we were in line.

My neices friend and a guy that we thought was pretty cool looking. But soon found that he was a total creep and loving all the pictures he got to take with girls.

This is me and a girl we met in line. She was all alone (brave girl) and super nice. We thought it was cool that she really looked like one of the indian charactors in the book, with the scar. She was full Navaho. Have fun reading your book Shawlee!


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are awesome, Chandra! This looks like an absolute blast, I'm glad you had fun. So - are you done the book yet??? One of our young women was awake until 9 this morning reading all through the night!!!

The Perry Family said...

I'm so jealous! Our nearest watch party was 2 hours away. I preorder from Barnes and Noble and still haven't gotten my book!! I love the Edward's Baby shirt!!! Classic!! Oh, and the I kissed a vampire and I liked it was GREAT!

Kimberly Wright said...

You are absolutely a wild woman! I love it. :) Thanks for sharing your blog with me.....so cute!

nad'a said...

and you call me a nerd...

Mindi B said...

That shirt was funny - it's amazing what people come up with. We missed all the hub-bub because we were out of town. Have you already finished the book?

Kristin said...

And I thought I was a nerd because I'm going on Giant Pumpkin patch tours. :) Waiting in a giant bookstore line, for a teenage romance novel, is much much worse. No wonder we get along so well, it's the common nerd factor.

The Perry Family said...

Just wondering if you are still alive? We miss ya!! :)