On Tuesday night my good friends and I took our kids to the new Harry Potter movie, 12:01am show. I am a huge fan of the HP series - and am usually the first to declare that an event needs a "costume, prop, or appropriately decorated t-shirt". If you know me, you know that I am all about the dress code! lol WE did not dress up to wait on the concrete for 7 hours, but many other people did. If I guessed, I would say 1/3 of the crowd was dressed as a character from the book...we saw not one, but 2 golden snitches, a couple of death eaters, many Lake Oswego girls dressed in plaid skirts and ties (Hogwarts Preps?), and a couple of Quidditch players. A very colorful way to spend 7 hours.
It got me thinking though...what started this phenom? When I was a kid we never thought of "dressing up" to go to the movies...I saw "Grease" 7 times the summer before my senior year in high school, and never once did I think I should go dressed as Olivia Newton-John! We didn't dress up to see "Star Wars" when it came out...but it's common place now. Oh the things you think about when you are sitting on pavement for long periods of time next to a Slytherin.
The movie did not disappoint. It was an exciting evening, which lasted well into the morning! We got home at 3:30, I went straight to bed and was up at 8 am to go to work...which is why I didn't post this yesterday...naps are good.The above picture is from the release party for the
7th book in July 2007 - Callie, Carter, Elijah, Rayce, and Danyon were there.
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