I was going to start blogging about our recent vacation. I'm fairly certain I can eek a good number of posts from that, but I had to first blog about my Harry Potter Panic.It's only 2 days away and I didn't pre-order a copy!! How stupid is that?!! In frustration, I called Barnes and Noble to reserve a copy. They let me do it, but warned me they may not receive enough copies to cover all their reservations. What?! I didn't realize I might not get one at all. So I called Borders and they wouldn't let me reserve one. They put me on the waiting list. Oh, dear! Next I called Wal-Mart. Surely they're not having a Harry Potter Midnight party, but they ARE! Wal-Mart doesn't reserve copies, so I have a good shot if I show up on time, but get this: Their Party starts at 7:30. At 8pm they start handing out armbands to determine the order of sale to take place at midnight. Wow.
So guess where I'm going to be Friday night? Wal-mart's Harry Potter Party. (Just for the armband, i'm not hanging around til midnight.) Jeff thinks I'm retarted for needing the book this weekend, but he'd better hope I get one or it's going to be miserable weekend for both of us.
AND....due to a scheduling error, I am off on Saturday! It's like it was meant to be!
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First, I don't think your retarded, since I remembered to pre-order the copy and then realized that we will be in China when it arrives!! Maybe you could drive to my house in NJ to pick up the copy off my front porch. It kills me, but I won't be able to find out what happens to Harry until after I return.
Stephanie
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Good luck!!! I hope to get an authentic British copy on Saturday - because if I accidentally read a spoiler before I read it myself I'll be furious.
Doug has had that book ordered through Amazon.com for months! He is sooo excited! He probably won't talk to me the whole way to China - Ha!
Matt also preordered it but the other day he said that we should get two copies so we could each read it at the same time! He too doesn't want to see any spoilers and have it ruined for him. I told him, no, he could read it first but we couldn't talk about it until after I read it. Good luck getting it.
I live in Melbourne, where there are a lot of bookstores and I am reserving mine tonight. They have plenty.. not to gloat, but I will let you know how Harry Dies if you want.
I also reserved mine through Amazon some time ago. I am way too excited about this book!
Just a thought, you might try a smaller, mom and pop-type bookstore and see if they can reserve one for you, or are having a party as well.
I'm right there with you. I stood on line this morning to get a wristband for the Potter Party @ Borders books here on the Island. I'll be there at 9 pm to wait for my copy @ midnight.
Happy Reading.
Donna
I just got my copy at Costco. I was doing our regular grocery shopping and there it was... Hope you got yours!
you have such a cute blog and p.s. I hope you were able to get a book :)
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