Coffee Talk: #PotterHeadWeekend Edition

Saturday, July 12, 2014 | Stamp in My Passport| |

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Not going to lie, this weekend will mostly be spent on the couch in front of the TV switching back and forth between the Harry Potter marathon and the World Cup finals. Obviously this will give me an excuse to  make Quidditch references during the World Cup. If you have been living under a rock, ABC Family is FINALLY showing all eight Harry Potter movies this weekend! Coupled with the opening of Diagon Alley at Universal, Samantha booking her flight for Labor Day making our trip to the wizarding world official, you can imagine that I'm in full-on Harry Potter mode. Too bad it's a tad too warm to wear my Gryffindor scarf.


Now I'm reminiscing that one time that Harding had a Quidditch tournament and student publications was The Daily Prophet (see what we did there?). I rode my Swifter instead of a traditional broom and called it the Swift 3000. And this was the beginning and end of my athletic career.

So what if I've added the ingredients for frozen butterbeer to my grocery list tomorrow? It's necessary. 

And I may quite possibly be saving up to splurge on a wand at Universal so that I can cast spells throughout the park and unlock more secrets.

And can we talk about that 7.5 hour wait on Tuesday...I would like to consider myself a Harry Potter fan, but that is a little extreme even for me. In the time it took, they could have watched the first three movies before stepping onto the ride. It was definitely not for the faint of heart. Especially in the Florida humidity. That sounds like the worst.

13 comments:

Laura Beth Owens said...

Omg I love this post, I'm a massive harry potter fan too! I might be going to the HP studio tour in London this summer, so I'm totally joining you in saving up for a wand :D

Bailie @ The Hemborg Wife said...

You look so fun with your Swiffer!

Jess said...

I'm so jealous! Everyone has been posting about visiting the studio tour. I was studying abroad right when it opened but tickets were selling out so fast and weren't available the days I was in London.

Jess said...

Hahaha thanks Bailie! It was such a fun game. Much more my speed. Until the snitch got in a car and drove off campus...

Charlene Maugeri said...

I played in that Quidditch tournament! haha I have been dying to go to HP world for a long time but I'm kinda glad I didn't go before Diagon Alley opened.

Victoria said...

How much fun!!!! I loved reading about your creativity with the Quidditch match you played in.

Tell me more about frozen butterbeer! I'm thinking that sounds really good.

Enjoy the marathon!

Cindy D said...

It will be better in Sept than July or August in terms of both wait times and humidity. We want to go as well, but with college classes for one boy and marching band season for the other, we probably won't get there til spring break.

Megan C. Stroup said...

Oh gosh. Everything about this post is magical!!

Amanda Greer said...

Love the Swifter "Swift 3000"! Hilarious!

Erika said...

So funny! I love HP, and have always wanted to check out the Wizarding World.

Jess said...

Frozen butterbeer is amazing!! Pinterest is filled with recipes to make you own and it's pretty simple. At the premier party at the movie theater back home for the last movie, they made it.

Jess said...

No way!! We were pretty proud that we beat Knights in the first round and it was all downhill after that. Yeah I'm not looking forward to the crowds, but I only get so many days off so it was the only time I would be able to go until January.

Jess said...

Let me know if it is any good! I'm always looking for another book to read. And I have a feeling that I'll love anything J.K. writes.