Girls Night Out - Sex and the City 2

Last night my 3 daughters and I had a rare "Girls Night Out" together to see the new movie "Sex and the City 2".  We have all been faithful followers of the Sex and the City series when it was on HBO, and of course we all HAD to be at the opening night of both movies.  It has become tradition to do a Girls Night Out for these movies, even when we were all in different states.

When the first movie came out a couple of years ago, I was in LA visiting with my youngest daughter who lived in LA at the time, and my other two daughters were in KY..... so we all went to the same show at the same time.... just in different states.... then we had a long phone coversation the next day to talk about the movie and our personal Sex and the City experience.  When the first movie hit the screens a couple years ago you had to attend the movie in full Sex and the City wardrobe gala..... lots of chunky, cool vintage costume jewerly, trendy skirts/dresses, stylish purses/bags, and of course stilleto heels!  The line to get a seat (after already purchasing the tickets the day before) was over an hour long.... and during that hour long wait a lot of oogling, gandering, and critquing of the other ladies (and gents) styles.... or lack of.... made the wait actually quite enjoyable.  However.... watching the movie this time was less of the fashion statement, but still just as fun.

The movie was as hilariously good as the first and we all laughed through the whole movie.  A bit predictable.... yes..... but..... again, it just felt like you were there with the charcters on screen, enjoying what true girlfriend friendships are all about.  We may have been Mother and Daughters last night.... but we are also good friends, who enjoy each others company as much as whenever we get the opportunity.
Ok...... so I might have over bought at the concession stand with the popcorn..... but..... I LOVE popcorn and often eat it for dinner many nights when Joe is out of town and I'm home alone.  I decided that since there were four of us, it would be easier to have 2 buckets of popcorn to share between two of us..... the buckets are as big as a bucket of chicken and all four of us would never have been able to eat our way through one bucket, much less two..... but it was easier to share than to continuously pass it back and forth.  I'm still belching popcorn this morning!  But the funniest thing is..... when the sweet little teen working the concession booth handed us our popcorn..... (and the girls were all gaped jawed and laughing at the amount of popcorn in BOTH buckets)..... she says to us..... "you know you get free refills"! LOL  SERIOUSLY!!!!  WHO could ever possibly eat that much popcorn at one sitting and then go back and ask for a refill????  TOO FUNNY!!!!!  And it didn't help that we were all already quite full from our dinner of Chipolte either!

We went to the 8:15pm show, which meant we didn't get home til 11:00pm.... and it was such a lovely warm night, we sat outside on the patio for a few minutes and just chatted about the movie and how much fun we all had had.  Lauren is moving to Akron in 2 weeks and this was one of our last chances to have a Girls Night Out all together for awhile.  Akron is 4 - 4.5 hours drive, Lauren will be working fulltime so she won't likely get to come home for visits often.  Or.... I should say.... often enough!  :  )  Although..... we are having a GIRLS WEEKEND next weekend to attend a childhood friends wedding.  That weekend will be our last hurrah with just us girls for a long time.

I cherish all my Girls Night Out times with family and/or friends..... women just have a wonderful time bonding together over movies and/or dinners..... or even cups of coffee/tea.  Cheers to all girlfriends and Girls Night Outs!