Grand Hallows Ball

It's finally here!! Last night the girls and I went to Borders to attend the Grand Hallows Ball and pick up our copy of.. "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows." Brie and I arrived at 9PM. Emile was babysitting and arrived about 45 minutes later. There were TONS of people; the store was packed. Some people were in costume, most were not. Borders had several different activities including face painting and crafts for children, a Harry Potter spelling bee, Severus Snape debate, story telling with Andrew Steed, and a costume contest. All this leading up to the 12:01AM release of the book. Woohoo! As the crowds got larger (approaching midnight), I got really hot and went outside to get some air and cool off a little. I was standing just outside the door and could tell what time it was by the cheering and clapping when the first book and poster was handed out. Our wristband was orange(the first color called) and #131 so believe it our not, we were backing out of our parking spot at 12:29AM. What a time.

Several "Harry Potters" waiting in line for the spelling bee.

Moaning Myrtle and her side kicks.

Me, Brie and Andrew Steed.

Emile and our friend Paula (from Dreamwrights). Paula's Invisiblility Cloak wasn't working last night.

Andrew Steed during the story telling portion of the evening... he's in the middle of everyone.

Emile and Brie with our copy!

Just for the record, the girls haven't read any of the Harry Potter books. I'm the addict. Jamie got me hooked 2 years ago and I love the series. I can't read this book yet though. I'm going to wait until I finish all the other ones again.. I want the entire story line to be fresh in my mind before I start this one.

All in all it was a fun evening. I'm not sure I'd do it over again, but what the heck... you only live life once, you may as well step out once in awhile. Happy reading.