I told myself I’d never go to another midnight showing because I’m too old and tired. But, getting the chance to see The Hunger Games on opening night with a bunch of my blogging buddies was too good to pass up!

Penelope from The Reading Fever coordinated the whole thing. She bought tickets at a theater with reserved seating, so we could all sit by each other and not have to be there until right before the movie started.

Before the movie, we went to a late dinner at Chili’s. (I was very careful with my calories that day, so I could enjoy a nice cup of soup. It was so yummy!) While we were there, Penelope had a reaping in which we won prizes. We definitely got a better deal in the reaping than the Tributes. I won an awesome Mockingjay pin, which I wore to the movie! She also gave all of us Team Katniss bracelets.

While at dinner, I met a fun new book blogger, Kami from Kami’s Library Thoughts. She’s really good friends with Emily from Emily’s Reading Room and decided to take the plunge and start a new book blog on March 1.

I wasn’t able to interact with everyone there, but I did get to see some of my favorite bloggers: Suey from It’s All About Books, Emily, Penelope, and Enna Isilee from Squeaky Books. I actually carpooled with Suey, two of her sisters, and her daughter and sat by her in the theater too.

It was a lot of fun and Penelope did an awesome job putting everything together! I’ll definitely be up for this when Catching Fire comes out in a couple of years! Thanks, Penelope, for your hard work!