77/365 The return of Sex and the City

The moment we've all been waiting four years for has finally arrived -- new stories from our favorite New York gals!

My girlfriends and I decided this definitely needed to be a special Girls' Night Out occasion. We dressed up in honor of the movie and gathered beforehand at Kristina's house. She laid out quite an impressive spread:A perfect way to set the mood!

We bought our tickets on Thursday for a 10:10 showing Friday night. The theater was packed with fellow fans, and when the opening credits began to roll, applause and cheers rippled through the room.

And then the lights went out.

The strongest storms of the season thus far were raining on our high-heeled parade.

Tornado warnings had been issued all across the north and west portions of the state throughout the evening, and the line of storms had reached us. Not severe, thankfully, but strong enough.

After only a couple of minutes, the lights came back up and the movie picked up where it had left off. Yes!

But then, 30 minutes into the film, just as I was getting used to seeing new scenes of my favorite ladies, the power died again.

We all groaned, and a theater employee came in to let us know that this time the power was out in the entire mall, not just the theater. If they couldn't get it back up soon, security mandated that we would have to evacuate.

We were aghast! Hence this picture:
After a few more minutes of sitting tight, crossing our fingers that it would come back on and stay this time, they came back into the theater, asking us to calmly file out the exit, where we would get a pass to come back and see the film at another time.

NO! But optimism and friendship ruled the evening, so everyone cooperated and calmly filed out.
Only a few emergency lights lit our way through the silent mall. We collected our passes and gathered by a window, watching the rain and enjoying the unusual atmosphere and story we would have to tell.
I've been trying vehemently all day to avoid any media reviews, mentions, spoilers, anything that might give it away before I can get back to see it.

We're planning to try again tomorrow afternoon. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that this time all 2 hours and 15 minutes are uninterrupted!

Camera: Canon PowerShot SD1000.