The Midnight Adventure

I'm so tired!

Off we go to Walmart!

Wide awake now!

Success!

Sarah is now the proud owner of the two-disc set of Twilight, the movie! What an experience she had last night. The excitement and anticipation she had just thinking about going to Walmart at midnight to get the beloved movie threatened to keep her awake. We made her go to bed with the promise that we would wake her up in time to get to the store by the midnight hour.

At 11:15 PM I went to wake Sarah up. Boy was she tired! I told her that she didn't have to go to the store, that the DVD would be available in the morning. She wasn't so sure about that. I then told her that Dave was ready and willing to take her to the store; it was her decision to make. Sarah's comment? "Don't put so much pressure on me!" Oh how dramatic my 10 year old can be!

Sarah eventually DID get up and off to Walmart Dad and daughter went! According to both of them, Walmart was crazy! There were mostly young teen girls but Dave said some younger girls were there with either Mom or Dad and then there were your crazy adult women!

In true Walmart style there was not a good plan for dealing with the crowds and they basically dumped a bin of the movies in front of the crowd and told everyone, "don't push". Thank goodness Dave stood off to the side and was able to get a DVD with no trouble. The best thing was that when all of the others ran to the front of the store to check out, Dave and Sarah went to the electronics department and were able to check out in minutes (and trade the single DVD for the two-disc set)!

Needless to say Sarah immediately watched the movie as soon as she woke up this morning! Oh, the obsessions of a tween!