~The Broome Closet~: New Moon

Hello!
...So I had a fun Mommy's Day Out on Monday! :D Mat took the day off work to watch the kids, while Sandy and I went to the New Moon Premiere in LA!! Woo hoo! We arrived at the theater around 11:30am and claimed our spot, close to where we were for the Last Samurai Premiere. As soon as we stood behind the girls in front of us, one of the security guards said "Only 2 deep, people!", meaning only two rows of people could stand behind the barricade. We were starting the 3rd row, knowing that with our previous experience, there was no way there was going to only be 2 rows of people there. There would be mobs. So we stayed and bonded with the wonderful ladies in front of us... most of them were Mommies like us, thrilled to be out on the town with the girls, in the middle of all this excitement! We were having a great time chit chatting and watching the crowd grow, despite our numbing legs and feet. Five hours into our waiting, the cops come by and start clearing out the area! The rows of people that had gathered behind us were being told to move and our new friends were desperately trying to squeeze us in with them, but to no avail!! The cops told Sandy and I that we had to leave. It didn't matter HOW LONG we were standing there. So we told our new friends goodbye and made our way across the street into the, now, HUGE MOB OF PEOPLE. Our new spot was lame, but I still held out hope that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. ...WRONG!!! It was LAME!! As Sandy says... L to the IZ AME!!! hahaha!! We were about 5 people deep from the barricade and too short to see anything. Basically, we held our cameras over our heads in hopes of catching a star in the LENS rather than our own eyes. Sad huh? AAAAND...aaaand we had to deal with a couple of possible pick pocketers!! These guys were so out of place. Grown men in their late 40s to 50s, with no kids, no women, no camera and no SMILES?? Come on dudes... it was so obvious. They each left when they realized we were on to them. But ya know what the worst part was?? Our new friends told us that as soon as we left, the crowd just filled back up again!! It was all for NOTHING!!!! How stupid is that?!?! What was the point?? Anyway... things turned around for us later when we scored tickets to see the movie at the theater across the street! WOO HOO!!
Despite the disappointment, we had a great time hanging out as usual!
Here are some pictures from the night. See if you can guess which ones were from MY camera, and which ones we COULD'VE had, from our friends' cameras!! LOL!!

Alright!!!! Thumbs up for scoring a good spot!!