To get us in the mood we watched the first movie on DVD before we left, and arrived at Borders around 10pm. The party had been in full swing since 7, with loads of people in fancy dress, and they'd had some activities for the kiddies (like a balloon magician). We spent about an hour browsing through the store and ended up buying a pile more books and DVDs, but after a while it started to feel like just another shopping day in the bookstore. Only in this case it was a shopping day where we couldn't leave.
We parked ourselves on the floor in one of the alcoves and as a result didn't realise the queues had started to form. So we started queuing at 20 past 11 and naturally they didn't start selling until 00:01 this morning. With only six tills operating and no scheme to divide the queue into those that ONLY wanted HP and those who had other purchases, things moved very slowly at the start. I'd already put our other stuff through the till, but that didn't help when we were about three-quarters of the way back in the queue and it was only being served at a rate of less than four customers a minute.We finally made it to the tills at a quarter past one. I'm glad we won't have to do that again! And even now, as I type, Nat is sitting under a reading lamp in the lounge, fully intending to stay up all night and finish the book in a single sitting...
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