so, after scoring yet another free set of movie tickets (i've also manage to get some to
twilight - last year sometime - and
bright star - but more on
those in a minute) doug and i made our way to carousel tonight to see the new rom-com
valentine's day that is released tomorrow. i loved it, not like, love. i thought it was great, lots of laughs, heaps of hollywood best and
extremely cute.
much of the same concept that
love actually offered, being many different people, that are somehow tied together, but it was definately cute. go see it. you have my approval
and keep entering the damn competitions in the paper,
people
do win them - you now know one!
so - back to bright star...
my mother is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, very much so.
so when that crazy woman entered a competition in the west australian newspaper to win me a set of premiere tickets to a indy-style film called
bright star, to be honest - i didn't think all that much of it - until the tickets arrived in the mail a few days later
turns out that mum had entered the comp purely cause one lucky person at this premiere would be winning a star shaped diamond studded necklace, set in white gold on a white gold chain
and mum had decided that this person, was going to be me
i am a star-lover after all
for those who came in late
and did i mention that the premiere just happened to fall on my birthday?
mum couldn't make it - so my bestie pip was selected as the lucky chica to accompany me to the specified "girls night out", and the positive thoughts began... mum and i told everyone, the boys at my work, all my friends at my party - of course pip
she was under strict instructions from mum that if
she happened to win, that it still had to be mine, as she planned it to be the best birthday present of all time
and oh it was
thoughts by now were flying thick and fast from everyone that even remotely knew me and i, whilst on the inside
, was rolling my eyes and thinking, pfft things like this just don't happen in real life, there's no way i could win, was staying positive, refusing to say anything negative and even went into the bathroom right before the session started, to mentally "try it on"
we had to choose our seats from a board and i chose d1 and d2, with d2 for me. inside we were shown to our seats and the usherette but my d2 card on d1 and walked away. so i sat. with my card d2. on seat d1. i realise, turn to pip, and say, "i'm in the wrong seat." we both laugh and don't move. then the fun began. some geezer from
jan logan jewellers in the city comes up and announces that they are not going to keep us in suspense and asks us to check under our chairs for the piece of paper that says bright star, and whoever has it will be the proud owner of this necklace, (insert oohs and aahs here) i reach under d1. nothing. pip reaches under d2 and
there it freaking was. not kidding. things like this just don't happen in real life. the chair i had picked. and *sigh* not sat on
and did i mention that the premiere just happened to fall on my birthday?
pip let me have it (duh) and i was thrilled. ecstatic. amazed. beyond words.
after collecting it from mr jan logan i spent the rest of the movie in a daze.
the movie was good, my necklace better.
watch the movie though - it's amazing
:)
and the question i know you're all dying to ask...
did i keep it?
yes i did
you like?
for a few reasons:
1. it
was a bday present from mum after all
2. if i had $2000 i would always find something more important to spend it on
3. if i sold it i would
never get $2000 for it
4. i freaking love it
it's been 2 months now, but i am still amazed - and totally not over it yet
and i once mocked the power of positive thinking?? eejit.
never again!
i now believe.
x
