1) Wedding Dress: $1000.
2) Tux Rental: $100.
3) Being whisked away to buy Harry Potter on your wedding night (or any other night):
Posted on 07/19/2007 7:14:24 AM PDT by BenLurkin
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- One Oregon couple's wedding night will be especially magical.
Courtney Lanahan and Shawn Gordon of Clackamas are heading straight from their wedding reception Friday to a bookstore to get the final Harry Potter book.
The book's official release date is Saturday but many stores will be hosting midnight events to celebrate the debut of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
The wedding starts at 7. The reception will follow. And at 11:30 the limo will whisk the new Mr. and Mrs. Gordon away -- to the mall.
"It's the best wedding present," Lanahan said.
The couple didn't realize when they set their wedding date that they'd be backing up against the book's release date. Harry Potter fan Lanahan, 23, and her sister started talking after they realized the conflict.
Her sister suggested the couple stop at the bookstore on the way to the hotel, but Lanahan was unsure -- her fiancee is not a Potter fan. She mentioned it to him anyhow but thought nothing would come of it.
On the sly, Gordon, 24, decided to surprise his new bride and contacted the Barnes & Noble at Clackamas Town Center that she frequents. But after realizing the amount of planning involved, he decided to let her in on the surprise.
The Barnes & Noble staff were thrilled to host the happy couple, said Page Jordan, community relations manager for the store.
The couple will miss the pre-release activities and probably won't win the costume contest when they show up in their wedding attire. But as a wedding gift, the store will get them the first spot in line.
Lanahan, an elementary school teacher working as a substitute, worried that the kids and parents would be mad. She tries to stay on top of children's literature and knows how much this book means to everyone.
But the store said it will make a big announcement to make sure there are no sore feelings.
She said they aren't leaving for their honeymoon until a week after the wedding so she has that time to finish the book, which is published in the U.S. by Scholastic Corp.
The grooms not getting any on his wedding night ping!! :)
But he will be up all night ... ... ... reading.
Thanks for the heads up!
HP PING!
Sorry about all the pings lately! They should slow shortly.
Kinda neat since “Deathly Hallows” is supposed to begin with the Fleur/Bill Weasley wedding.
Who is Bill Weasley?
Ron Weasley’s (Harry Potter’s best Friend) older brother.
Ah! Is he the one who Ron’s parents visited that was raising dragons?
Don’t get any ideas, honey.
Just be happy it’s coming out 6 weeks before the wedding. I should be done reading before the wedding.
Bill is the oldest, who works for Gringott’s, the wizard bank. He was mauled by a werewolf in the last book.
Charlie is the second Weasley child, he works with dragons.
Here in Fresno a couple a guy proposed to his girlfriend at the midnight showing. And did I mention they were dressed like wizards?
Well, at least he'll get to read about people using their magic wands.....
This is a great story, though. What fun!
Let the “wand” jokes begin!
LOL!!
Talk about a Reducto curse!
“Harry Potter and the Order of the P***s”
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