Getting the book and finishing it!

I had so much fun getting the Harry Potter book the other night. We had to go on Friday at 4p.m. and get braclets, and those bracelets had a letter on them and that determined how soon you got your book. Thankfully we were in the A's so we go to get ours before everyone else! I wonder how long it took them to get through them all. Then I went to the mall around 10p.m. with some friends to the Barnes and Noble which is part of a mall, and they had a Harry Potter scavengar hunt through the mall where they had different Harry Potter related items hung in obscure places that you wouldnt' have noticed. They also had characters from the book you could have your picture taken with, face painting, a sorting hat to be sorted into your houses, and a Harry Potter trivia game. They also had a costume contest and my friend Jenn's daughter Shelby won 1st prize (as Luna Lovegood) and Savannah(went as Tonks) got 3rd. Josh met up with me after our friends that watched the kids got there and hung out with us. Jenn's Mother-in-law Kit was there too as Rita Skeeter, she looked fabulous! They also handed out fun Harry Potter type glasses which Maddie really wanted me to take a picture of her in! Josh and I read the majority of the book together (as we did with most of the other books the first time we read them) so it took us longer to read. We did end up finishing the book seperately yesterday (Sunday) since we read all day Saturday and we didn't think the kids would go for it anymore! So we're both done with the book, and both of us thought it was a great ending to the series!